National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-07

Az VIt yClloW uOB IN iOOfNe
Kan away with an old wOman's bognc;
But the wrathiu OIL crugnc
Hit him twice with a stognc,
Aud II was dreadful 10 hear the dog grognc
ACCORDING to tho Paris MOraing Nows the
American belle par excellence for the nest season
In London, vice Aiis' Chamberlain, retired, win
be Miss Julia Jackson, daughter of "stonewalp
Jackson, the famous confederate general.
L. ID. WGNsLow, the famous Boston forger
who almost succeeded in cuusn. IL rupture in
the diplomatic relations between EIghnd and
America IL few years ago, Is now IL successful busi
ne 5 man IN Bueno, Ayres. South America.
Mr.. WILLIAM II. FOSTER, of Salem, Mass,
IL said to be the oldest bunk cashier In the United
states. He has been hny.nlnc years IN the service
Of the Asa'ic national bank, of which tiny-Six
have been us ca5hiCr. lie is 81 years OF egc.
a GENUINE Rembrandt is said 20 have ar
rived IN Paris, and is pronounced by competent
Judges to be superior to the one in The Louvre.
valued at 51O9olG II was sent to ". Leon CAot-
teau by NJ Henri olivier, Bordeaux merchant
RICHARD DOYLE, just deceased, was him
self the Brown of his celebrated company Of
Brown, Jones and Robinson" who mado tho
famous voyage up the Rhine thirty years ngO.
Henry Philips and Tom Taylor. the dramatis.,
were the other two.
CLEVELAND is very iustillably couggatulat-
ing herself over her healthmlnes3. This lake city
is growing rapidly in population, having in
creased over 20 per cent between 1870 and 1850,
and yet the number oil deaths has steadily de-
cined for three years, the totals being 3127 in
1851 1865 in 1882, and 3,i0J IN 1888
THE south is fast coming to rival the north
in cotton manufacturing. IN 1850 there were in that
section $50 mills, with 7l30S9 spindles and 1922
oOnls, while to-day there are 3li mills with
l2fGd22 splndles and 2isi3 looms. No feature Of
southern development is moro encouraging than
this rapid growth Of IN inufaCturng
The smallest inventions sometimes provo
the most lucrative. san Francisco lady, in
yentor OF a baOy carriage, received $4,000 for her
patent. The paper pail, the invention ola Chi
cago lady, yields large income The gimlet-
pointed screw, the idea of little girl has real
lied millions of dollars to its patentee.
THE original of Dckens's Brother Tadger"
has just died in London. His name was Knight,
| and had spent So OF his So years ln.the advocacy
| Of temperance. lie used to tell with great gee
how Dickens would be regularly found ut the loft
| in Whitcchapcl at the annual meetings of tho
society immortalizcd in the "Plckwick Papers"
THE sinking mountain of Naiba, in Algiers,
is one of the most extraordinary of the many disc
| turbanGcs of the oarths crest During the last
couple years the mountain has been gradually
| the place after settlement. This sinking Is not
attended by earthquakes, nor Is 1t the result of u
| volcanic eruption,
| OAR never wu2 man so strong dat whisky
couldn't fling him. lie may be u mighty fine
rasseler, an may hab flung cherry man In de
curmunity, but when he locks horns wild whisky
| he's gone down lie may cut some mighty fine
capcrs, an 'splay powerful mussle, but at las
| whisky III trip him m fling him in place dat no
ncbor would or picked out fur do iall.-Arkaissa3
| IfdVsicr.
| A JUSTICE or THE PEACE Of Council Bluffs
performed II marriage ceremony the other day for
| quite lively and positive couple. When asked
| II she would take TINS man rs your lawful and
! welded husband" the bride responded: "You
bet your life, judge, will" When pronounced
man and wife, the bride turned to the justice with
q surprised lock and asked: as that all there il to
the ceremony for s2?'
The first living skeleton was Claude Sew
| art born in France in 1917. He was tall, and
| would have been well shaped had there been any
tlesh upon MIN, but every bone In his body could
be seen. His arms were compared to an ivory
flute, and the abdomen seemed to cling to the yer
| telrc. He made fortune by exhibiting himself
and went to his native place to enjoy IL, but sud-
denly expired soon a(tcy his retirement.
A 4-YEAR-oLD son Of Mr.. j. d. Thorne of
North Carolina, does not know fsure but is said
to be prodigy in arithmetic, being able to dOubI o
any number indefinitely with accuracy, reaching
the tens of thousands, and to work out many
wonderful mathematical problems without even
having had any instruction. lie would be good
hand to have on IN election board charged with
the duty Of figuring out II sure majority.
A CHICAGO clergyman was attending tho
spring meeting ofa ministerial association in tho
northwest. \ certain minister, noted alike for his
,t.r- nd un1 Lao
sion with prayer The day, which no forgot for
the moment, was about us inGlemont as could be-
rain, hail. and stormy wind lie prayed: "Oh,
Lord, we thank thee for this gathering for the
privilege of meeting with each other once moro
for the beautiful weather-whch we had last fall.
COUPLE of young ladies at Princeton ac-
cepted peculiar wager from dry goods mer-
chant of that place. The merchant agreed to give
them each silk dress If they would drive two
hogs he wanted killed from his premises through
the principal part of the town to his slaughter
house, The offer was made in fun. but, much to
his surprise, the young ladies took him ut his
word, and valiantly drove the swine to the re-
quired destination The girls were brave and
easily earned their fine drossc4
IN Bavaria it is illegal to crticlso, oven in
II friendly spirit, the actions of the king. Soon
after the termination of the Franco German war
u story was told of meeting In the streets OF
Munich between the king Of Bavaria and Il
wounded soldier, during which the king, finding
that he was not ICcogni2ed expressed his surprise
; GLOW should know your mojestyY' said the sol
der, in explanation. you never go to the army
and never go to the play" To the publication
Of this nnecdoto may probably be attributed the
determination taken by the king not TO tolerate
remarks of Guy KIND on his private movements.
, "DIcK" CHILsoN-the Anaheim gazette
. says-has written from Casa Grande Arizona ter.
rilory, as follows; al have struck four feet o.
gold ore that will go 81 900 to the ton. took ou
$500 worth OF gold dust with my pocket knife
have got two twenty-five pound boxes full of god
, dust, worth about $1,000 | huye got nuggets o
: gold, pure gold, MS large as birds eggs SUM
, nine feet On he ledge aud took out ten tons be
fore noticed the gold, and, therefore, BLASTED
away several thousand dollars, ] have $4,000 il
sight The country is crazy over IT, There arc
clusters Of gold as big as dollars sticking all
: through the ledge, There hus been Il salo mad,
O ofone mine near me Tor S3DOlO; another sold fou
s miles from me for s2O,gOJ declined $4,000 fol
| miuc,n