National Republican., 1884-01-22

hiA W SOu Euou llOTllub.
GEORGIA pine is now being shipped to
South America. \ Pensacola, Fla. firm has
closed a contrac. for lOOCOO 900 feet to be shipped
Immediately.
ALrnoN7E DhuDET does most of his writ
ing between his two bgcakfsts-tho coffee and
roll on rising, ana the meal Of meat, eggs and
wine early iu the afternoon
The first town to be entirely lighted and
have It's tram ears driven by electricity will be
Moutrcux, on tho Lake OF Geneva, u company
having obtained concession for the purpose.
The motive power will 10 dcr.yed from the water
Of the lake.
"HADAME, you've destroyed s. worth Of
morchandisr,' ausrtly remarked u dude tO u lady,
as she seated herself in u char IN which he had
deposited new Derby hnt. "sorvcs you right
she replied, slowly rising from the ruin "you had
no business 10 buy d s. hat for a 50 cent head
IT is related of tho 13-ycar-old Boston
school girl who died last week, as alleged OF over
study, that during her delirium she repeated
page after page oil history, and struggled with
the notes OF music frequently crying: "Oh
mother, If could only get these notes cut of my
heGdw
The furniture interest in this country is
enormous. Three years ago IL amounted IN New
York to 800 factories and IL product of nearly
slO,OOOOOO. Cincinnati had 10 factories, with n
profit of s45OOOOO. Chicago turncd out above
S6OOOo0O; Philadelphia, Sj,OOO,OOO, aud Boston,
"a OOO,OOD.'
Cor. CHARLES BARRETT, of Ashburnham,
! Mass IS the oldest fisherman in the country lie
VIII be Yj years old next month. lie does not like
the fish stories Of recent years, and says they are
not true He vouches for the accuracy of all he
has told aud thousands OF pretty tall are laid
at his door.
IN the stores of Paris glass is taking the
| place Of wood for flooring. II costs more than
wood but it lasts longer, and, besides being easily
kept clean, allows enough light to BE- transmitted
through lis roughencd surface for the employees
to work hy in the floor beneath. The glass is cast
in squares and set in strong iron frames.
| TIE financial correspondent of western
paper, writing from New York, says "that every
| time Western Union Telegraph goes down one
! point Mr. Could loses S}10,0J0 1t was nearly
! twenty p jus lower Tuesday last than it was two
| years ago. Every time Missouri Pacific goes down
point he loses Sl2OOOO 1t has declined ten
! points in the last thirty days, and twenty points
in year aud half"
J NICHOLAS LoNGwoRTH, son of the late
Joseph LongwOrth, has rendered to the Cincin-
natl university, for the use Of the school of de-
! sign, property now producing $4,000 of annual
! income, provided the school, with the endow-
ments hitherto made for it by his father, be trans
ferfed TO the board Of trustees of the Cincinnati
| museum. Inc eULlTe amount OF properly included
in the endowment is from 100000 10 $4,000.
A MINISTER who was recently interviewed
on the subject ofmGrriGge fees said that us Il rule,
wealthy brdegrooms did not pay any better than
those in moderate circumstances, Ten and twenty
dollars and expenses are the average figures, but
! Sl00 aud 500 fees are given TO big preachers.
Sometimes generous bride hears Of the small TO,
paid by the groom, and attempts to remedy the
matter by sending the preacher a handsome pres
ent. But this ii rare.
! NJ. XOLA, the novelist, is still comparatively
j young having but just passed mis- 10th year. IIe
is the son Of an Italian engineer, and, curiOusly
enough, failed to pass his graduating examination
at college. lie then turned to journalism in
which he spent two years. living in pecarious
and wrrtchvd fashion, literally from hand 10
mouth. Fame and fortune have since come to
him, however; but, though one Of the wealthiest
writers OF the day, he still leads Il busy aud un-
pretGntlous lie.
AN observant young man, while in Florida
last spring. was struck with the human like court
ship of the heron The females stand in n row
and look uncoucerncd, while the males strut and
dance and praUCe around on the sand like Sara
toga dudes. Finally, one of the fair herrons
would smile on dude heron, and away the pair
would fly % quiet retreat. All those LEFT in
varably began to caGkle aud chatter as soon as a
match was announced, aud sometimes a rival
would pounco upon the lucky swain to wiring his
neck.
A CURIOUS thing in tho Texas school sys-
ten Is the community" organization. There are
no districts and no geographical subdivisions at
all but Gs many persons MS choose may unto for
school purposes by registration, aud are then rec
ognized as II Community and given a share OF
the public money. There Is no local taxation and
no regulations US to the size OF the communities
As matter Of fact they vary greatly and overlap
each other so as to mako endless practical incon-
yenicnce. A man once included in II community
cannot leave 1t except by permission Of court
CmNAMEN at San Francisco greatly annoy
the posolice clerks by rejecting such letters ad-
dressed to them, paying only for MS they de-
sire, The other day two packages were handed
to a ChinamGn, who stood some time irresolutey
with package in each hand. "Well, are you not
going to pay for them?" asked the clerk. Hand
ing the package back, Johu answered: Don't
want that; pay for this one "If both are for YOU
why don't you take them" Pointing to the re-
iected bundle, the heather replied: know what
he say in IT, say same tings ebory time no use
pay for what know
4 FIRM of wholesale dealers in fish in
Buffalo reports the discovery of wonderful win
Ter fishing grounds in Birch Lake Michigan The
fish caught are piCkercl. When hrst found the
lake had been but little iished, but when holes
were cut through the ice and baited hooks were
druuacd In the fish bit 50 rayGnOusly that one per-
son, il Is alleged landed thirty tine large pckerel
in twelve minutes, The dScoyerers immediately
started out to secure men, fishing apparatus, and
teams. aud set to work IN q business way Thou
sands Of fish were taken from the water during
the first fun days fishing, Now the fishing mai
has moro than 90 men employed in the work,
and pickerel arc carried away by the ton
JOHN 4. CoCKERILL, paragraphor and edito-
rial writer of the New York lPorid, is supposed to
. be the best paid newspaper man in this country.
Iii, salary is $4,000 Il year. and, in addition to
this sum, he derives u handsome income from
certain shares OF stock in the 81, Louis fOsLDis'
Daleh preseRcd him some years ago by Mr..
pulitzer. body enyies him his good fortunes
he has honestly earned 1t by hard, conscientious,
aud good work, In 1879 Inc was out Of employ
ment in Cincinnati and offered to go 10 work for
b. NJ. Chambers proprietor of the ST.. Louis Times,
for SO week. Chambers was II clumsy amateur,
and knew nothing Of CoCkerilps splendid abilities,
aud SO paid no attention u his Letters. CocIenlls
streak Of good luck seems 10 have struck him tho
day he associated himself with Pulitzer Tho
partnership Is a strange one, and was sncered at
and laughed at FOR Il long time, When Cockehl
first went to the st, Louis P)s Dispatch everybody
predicted he would quit in disgust in less than
twomouths, That was four years ago. For four
I years Pulitzer and he have been as mildly friendly
as sucking doves aud their professional success IL
"A Tnattpr of record d-ChiCdgO Mus