National Republican., 1884-04-08

You are looking with eager face,
bn the hope that she dropped q rosebud
Or ribbon, or bit oflace.
But alas! your search will bo fruitless
For the place has been Just swept clean;
go goodbye to the dlngy ballroom
With its odor Of kerosene.
GREAT BRITAIN consumes annually 4,O00,-
900 tons of potatoes, of which 100000 tons are inn
ported while the remainder are raised on 5il,00G
acres of land
THE most expensive book over published
by single individual Is Lord Kingsborough's
Mexico" 1t has seven volumes, with 1000 coll
orod illustrations, aud cost 100000.
THE Connecticut legislature has passed q
bill that two-pouhd loaf OF bread shall weigh
two pounds, and the Connecticut bakers are de-
nouncing II as the noanest and most oppressive
Sort of legislation.
IT is proposed to tunnel the Sierra on the
line OF the central Pacific railroad, from Truckee
to Blue canon, and do away with the show sheds,
many Of which arc getting old and rotten, and
break down easily Under heavy weight of
snow.
QUIHEMosE IA . chief OF the Cnur d'Alene
Indians. Quinemose, under the homestead act,
has perfected his title to large tract ofland the
place of his birth, near Spokane Falls. He Is
studying th e constitution and laws, and proposes
to become citizen.
A NEwBURYpoRT man, who was the owner
OF n Kicking cow suspended n sharp spade In tho
tear of the stal and let her kick away all night,
In the morning he found the COW lying dead on
the floor of the barn. She had cut into the cords
Of the leg and bled 10 death
DURING the past year $4,000 building per-
nits were Issued In New York, while in Brooklyn
26,0s8 were granted. Thirty. seven years ago
had hut n nh pta. hua
more than 100000, and in all probability before
ve years have passed It will have close TO 1000 900
| persons living within its limits
CHRISTOPHER KrEssL1NG, son Of Wolf
| gang KiesslinR, Is wanted at Philadelphia, where
small fortune is awaiting him. He has been
abroad for three years and no tidings OF him have
been had. If he does not forward within the next
three months the money will go to his fathers
sister, Mrs. Jahrois, in Germany.
A PROMINENT New York dry goods firm is
said to have paid 100000 for the privileges of q
Philadelphia Juvenile paper edited by clergy.
man. The firms advertisement goes ON the cover
OF the book, and they will distribute at cost price
| $4,000 copies among $4,000 of their customers.
| This is the latest known advertising dodge.
IN boring for water near Snake river, about
forty-fve miles from Dayton. Oregon, recently, a
stratum of frozen earth was encountered at a
depth of forty.five feet. Passing through this for
|
which cold air came In gusts. The escaping air
at the bottom of the we'll can be heard roaring ut
| some distance.
OF three noted millionaires, G. P. Hunting
ton, Mark Hopkins, and Gov. Stanford, all of
whom made their enormous fortunes chiefly out
of Central Pacific, but the third has ever had
a child. Gov. Stanford had son, who died q few
weeks ago in Italy about 16 years old Neitherof
the three has direct descendant to whom to
leave his property.
A PECULIAR kind of building stone is
found in some localities in Oregon, having the
property Of being uninured by the action OF cold,
heat or moisture. II is called granite sandstone,
is very rich In silica. of close fine grain, highly
crystalized, uncontaminated and of fine, brown
color On being brought to white heat and sud
denly plunged in cold water Il comes out as solid
and firm as at first.
GEORGE EATMAN, who invented and per-
fected the machine which made the first perous-
sion caps In the United States. Is now living In
Kalamazoo, aged 70 years. The machine when
first made could only turn out about 100 blank
caps each day, and then they had to be filed by
! hand but 1t was soon improved to make and fill
$4,000 in ten hours The caps were filed with
mercury illuminate
The business management of the Metro
politan opera house, New York. puts the possible
aceipts OF Mr.. Henry Z. Abbey's forthcoming
for two orchestra seats, and five boxes have been
bought at $500 piece. Nearly all the stockholders
have expressed their intention to take their boxes
on the benefit evening, for which they will pay.
in some instances, 600.
LUDovIo HALEvY, the composer, is 40
years of age but does not look 1t. He is lean,
grave, pale, taciturn, heavily and darkly bearded,
and altogether morose and melancholy looking
in strange contrast TO the wit and drollery of the
pages to which he has affixed his signature. He
has given up his former gay haunts and rollicking
companions and lives quietly in the company of
his children and his books.
EIGHTEEN months ago Alex Pruit and
Mollie Tinsley, first cousins, were married, con-
trary to the laws of Arkansas. The law had just
been passed making II penitentary offense for
first cousins to marry, but they had not heard
about it, Recently an enemy brought the matter
before the court and they were found guilty, but
on the recommendation of court and jury were
pardoned before leaving the court house.
THE body OF Richard B. Lippencott,
member of the 9th New Jersey volunteers which
was buried at Haddonheld in 1884, and was ex-
humed last week by the G. A. Il. post to which he
belonged for interment in the soldiers lot was
found to be completely petrihed The outlines of
the limbs, head, and face were almost perfect aud
the fl esh as hard as granite, The body, when
} stripped of the clothing, looked like weather.
beaten stone statue.
DENVER has . highwayman who gets
good deal Of fun out OF his profession. Not con-
tent with "holding up peaceable citizens and
taking their money, he makes them perform
various antics before letting them go. A pious
, man OH his way to church ON a Sunday evening
. he robbed Of his contribution and then made him
dance jig and sing q tune. Catching noto.
riously wicked wretch he made him go down on
his knees and repeat the lords prayer.
A WEALTHY scandinavian from Bismarck,
OAK, arrived in st. Paul, Mimi, last week. aud
: said he wanted wife. At the depot he met for
the first time man to whom he offered 500 II he
. would ind him wife ON short notice. The man
took him to his own house and introduced him
to his daughter. The bargain was quickly made,
5 and, as a guarantee Of good faithi the man from
) Dakota transferred $4,000 worth of Bismarck
property to his intended bride. The marriage
} took place on Saturday last,
IN reply to the question raised by the Eng
lish reviewers Of Mr.. Harris's Nights With Uncle
Remus" as to how the rabbit came to be taken as
the type OF sagacity In the animal world, corre-
spondent states that on tho east coast OF Africa,
the sungata, or hare plays the same part in the
Swahali tales. "The coincidence" says the
writer, "may point rather to the existence Of a
common folklore, and, perhaps, also 10 a com.
munity Of origin Of the negro of the eastern
. and Wegtern seAhOaTds of Africa than to the