National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-10

Because l love 80 much, and cannot hate.
| Ella Wheeler.
II is no longer correct for young ladies to
say papa or mamma. The good old fashioned
father and mother have actually come in style
again. Occasionally CLEAN of sense shines
| through.
SINCE the commencement Of work on the
| canal the population of Aspinwnll, Panama, has
suddenly increased from 1900 or 1000 to 5000 or
10000, and building has extended into tho
swamps, where there are no streets graded.
Col. HENRI WATERsoN tly said that
| George D. Prentice did not drink a drop in the
last year Of his life. Whereat the other colonies
| of that state look significantly at one another
| and say: "There see? Only lived year after
he quit drinking"
| A CHICAGO journal joyously announces
that, though the land is full OF booms Just now.
Chicagos building boom Is away up at the head
OF the lot The valua ton Of buildlugs begun last
month Is s1,7Sl oOo against s6ol 100 for the oorre-
spending month the year before.
p. s. GILMORE says IL 10 now easy to get
good musicians in this country. The best come
from Germany, and command from s35 to 500
week, At home they only receive "a a week.
They do not spend their money foolshly. The
| Italian musicians are more extravagant
EMPEROR WILLIAM has a French cook
| named Dubois, to whom he pays a large salary.
He Ii relieved every other monthly an assistant.
and goes to Paris regularly during his vacation.
For twenty-five years he has held this position.
and he now holds the rank Of a commandantin
the army. with pension.
SOUTHERN ports are beginning to realize
advantages from thebusness activity at the 18TH
| mus of Panama. As about fifteen milliens flow In
to the workers at that point IL Is not unnatural
that 1t is becoming brisk trade center. Horses.
mules, dry goods, machinery, and provisions Of all
kinds are in demand.
or $22, 597, 0S4 paid to the United States at
New York for duties on imports. in eight weeks,
i s6l65 900 was In silver certificates instead Of gold
1.-THE effect was precisely the same, as respects the
ability of the government to redeem It's pledges,
as If COO silver certificates hadbeen taken to
the treasury and redeemed in gold.
THE cotton bulls continue hopefal. apd
declare that the loss of 100000 bales in this Crop
must be felt sooner or later. At this moment We
have only 65o,oO0 bales to give Europe. compaFsd
with 100000 bales Eiest year, and Europe. the
bulls say will one of these days wake to the fact
that cotton is a comparatively scarce article.
"MR. RYAN," said a Chicago commissioner
to an applicant for the renewal of his liquor
license. II thought you had resolved to quit the
business and devote yourself to the work of tenn
pe-ance reform" TITS thrus, every wurrnd yer
sayin'," returned Mr.. Ryan, ''but that was before
knew the convinshunsIwas TO mate here"
ANNA GORDON, Of Bluffton, s. G., is Ill
years of age. In all this time she has missed
attending communion service, and never rode to
church but once. and that was when she was mar
red, eighty seven years ago. The church which
she now attends Is four miles from where she
lives yet she is usually her seat before the bell
rings.
QUITE number of new enterprises have
been established in and around Hawkinsyille,
Ca, within the last few years, but the most novel
industry yet has just been inaugurated by Mr..
Thomas Chancey, who has gone into the 'possum
business on an extensive scale, and proposes to
raise these much sought yarnints Tor the market.
His ranch is located about mile from Hawkins.
Vile, and is enclosed with wire fencing.
THE use of Episcopal wigs has entirely
gone out in England. Summer, archbishop of
Canterbury, was the last to wear one He died In
1862. James Monk, the handsome bishop of
Gloucester. wore one until his death, in 1856
Bishop Bloomfield, of London wore one for a
great part of his episcopate but discarded 1t just
before his death. The last head of house in OK.
ford to wear the wig was the late venerable presl
dent of Magdaen, DR.. Routh, who died in 1854.
. having attained within few weeks Of the patri-
, archal age of 100.
] AT Washington, n. j., the colored people
T are in state of mind over the appearance oft
devil The remarkable part of the story is the
: fact that big revival is now going on. and his
r birthstone majesty makes 1t a point to hover
; about the church. According to one witness he
has been seen to enter the church through win
, dow and to come out again. 1t must take queer
sort Of revival Of religion to interest and attract
, | the devil and New Jersey Is probably the only
state in the union where such thing could
a | occur
q FATHER IMopA, who has Just returned
, from one of the Indian missions in Montana,
5 where he has been isolated from civilization
since 1862 says the greatest trouble he had to con-
o tend with was polygamy. The Indians, half
breeds aud whites, especially those devoted to
hunting, all wanted more than one wife. Among
them a wife Is treated rs a slave, going with err
husband on his hunting expeditions to carry the
t game, build fires, and attend to preserving the
d meat 1t was not until game began to grow scarce
n and the hunters hadn't much use for slaves that
they could be made 10 see tho sin in having half
Q dozen wives,
!, Mr.. HUBBARD, the ex-governor of Con-
y nectcut, who died few days ago, used to be a
L member OF Hartford company that met period
icaly to play whist. One Of the party who was
known locally for his slovenly habits and soiled
dress astonished his friends one night by appear
= ing with white rose in his buttonhole. Address
ing MIR. Hubbard, he said: Hubbard, did you
ever see finer rose than that2 Now whero do
you imagine got that rose?" Mr. Hubbard
looked qulzzlcay at the Aowerresting in Its dirty
v loophole and answered: Looks as though 1t
, might have grown there"
. FRANCE has just lost by death general
@ who fought with that rank under the first Napo-
leon The great emperor seems to be much further
% back in history than that, but Gen, sGhramm was
I in the French army before the battle Of Austen
} it, when he won his first commission. Within
his lifetime vast changes have bean made In the
science of warfare. He won distinction in hand.
to,hand conflicts but the papsra that recorded his
death also mentioned incidentally the arrival of a
lot of machine" guns, to be employed by Gen.
y Graham In his Egyptian campaign-weapons that
make such warfare o. Gen. sehrsmm knew well
. nigh impossible.
4, MEXICO has no political conventions. The
newspapers do the nominating The papers be.
= gin discussion of candidates about q year pre-.
; yious to the presidential election. Next they
"postulate,1 or nominate certain candidates. Al
the head of the paper will appear: I'VE posu
late" so and 30, naming the journals choice
Then, on election day the voters assemble at the
a polling places, and each deposits written ballot
\ for electors, who are to constitute the electoral
n board of the state The law sdpulatos that the
n ballot must be written, and a table, with paper
at and writing uensA, is provided beside the ballot
box, and the ballot muSt be written and imme-
diately deposited under the inspection Of the
supervisor. Sometimes the voters Of the differ
Ont parties will meet u few hours previous and