National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-25

nut j CAL lhSten one"
In the last four years $500, oOO, 900 has been
spent building new railroads and improving old
ones in the southern states.
AMAZIAH JORDAN, of Hartland, Mo-, in a
1T OF insanity recently, cut off his toes one at q
time, and calmly trimmed the stumps
AT dinner given in Boston tho other
evening the delcaces included strawberries
which cost % cents each and Hamburg grapes at
$40 per pound.
The following ages have, on the authority
ofskilied arboricutursts, been attained by trees:
Yew, 5000 years schubertia $1,000 cedar. 2OO0 oak,
lb00i spruce, 1900 lime, 1,lOO oriental plane, 900;
walnut, 900; olive aud cypress, 500; orange, $50;
maple, 500; elm, 800.
SIR FRANCIS SANFORD, permanent secre-
tary of the English education department, IL is
said, is about TO resign and 1t is expected that
Mr.. Matthew Arnold will succeed him. Tho
salary is 100000 year. Mr.. Arnold now enjoysa
salary of $1,000 from some sinecure office, and has
also a literary annuity from the crown of $1,000
| CENTURIES ago oak was by far the most
valued forest tree in England, on account of
acorns fattening hogs In ancient records it is
| put down how many hogs such and such woods
would carry. Damage was the right of feeding
swine, and to this day persons adjoining the New
Forest have the right of pannage for six weeks
on paying small fee.
Miss ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS, whose
gentle voice and pleasant manners are worshped
by the poor people of Gloucester, is a slender,
graceful woman Of 80 years. She has dark brown
hair, sympathetic blue eyes, a rather long. thin
nose, and ficile mouth. which is never ut rest.
she is in delicate health. brought about by her
labors among the poor.
LITTLE "All Right" the japanese gymnast
VIM Grated such u furore here several years ago,
came very neai reaching the climax the other
| night that people have long said in store for
him. He fell from the rope twice in the opera
house in Manchester, N. H., the last time from the
ceiling, but caught the railing Of the gallery,
thus saving fall of fifty feet
YES" said the doctor, you must prepare
yourself for the worst You cannot live many
days. You had better make your will at once"
Make my will?" gasped the sick lawyer YES"
replied the doGlor, gently. ut would be well, I
think" NO" the legal man said shaking his
head. 81 will never make q will. Ny family
needs what little property have got"
THE Duchess of Edinburgh is considered
the best talker In the English royal family. She
is said TO be very strong willed, the only person
who dares oppose Victoria or ever say ~ won't'
to her, and to care nothing for popularity. Fur
Their more, she is very plain a linguist, aud is said
TO be at the root of her husbands quarrel with the
Duke of SAKE Coburg and Gotha, whose heir he
likes.
A VENERABLE parliamentary reporter has
| retired in London in Mr.. Charles Ross, who, for
many years, was the chief of the London Tlmes's
parliamentary staff. Mr.. Ross connection with the
reporters gallery extends over nearly sxty-n
years, for nearly forty Of which he was the Tmess
chief During the last year or two his physical
powers have been falling him. though 1t has been
no uncommon thing to see him during the past
nj OILS On aIn ham cnfa
great debate.
THE monster tower drums which were re-
Gently presented to the Sydenham Crystal palace
by Henry Potter g. Co., of London, were originally
manufactured for the great Handel festivals held
in Westminster abbey, A, d. 1874, 1854, and 1856.
They are called tower drums owing to the fact
that one of the heads was made out of the skin of
the celebrated lion known as the Monster Leo"
which was exhibited at the menagerie kept at the
tower of London about that PERIOD which Is q
circumstance now almost forgotten.
at is singular fact" says Naples cor.
respondent, shat we are indebted to Pompsii for
the great industry Of canning fruit. Years ago,
( when the excavations were just beginning, party
/ of Cinc'nnatians found in what had been pantry
of u house many jars of preserved figs. One was
opened. and they were found to be fresh and good
Investigation showed that the figs had been put
: into the jars in heated state, and then sealed
. with wax The hint was taken, and the next
year canning was introduced into the United
! States"
!, "HoLD up your hands, yelled western
+ road agent, as the stage suddenly stopped Cant
+ do 1t, my satchel is too heavy" pleaded q red
, nosed passenger. "Drop your satchel, them" was
ordered. ut wouldn't be SAFE" explained the
red-nosed passenger. at am 0Donovan Rosa,
!. making my way to London, by way of San Fran.
: cisco and China, to avoid detection, and this
| hal Rut ha
: agents had disappeared. and the red-nosed man,
! taking a demijohn from his satchel handed 1t
! around to be sampled.
4 A RICH man has plain and unattractivs
}, daughter, to whom no eligible young fellow pays
b, much attention. At least one beau is noticed to
# be rather gone" and the love affair develops for
+ couple OF weeks Then to him the father;
Q "Young man, notice you are paying very marked
n attentions TO my daughter" The young man
Q sammers and suffers, taken ahack. do not be
alarmed, ! am willing you should Indeed,
may tell you that the day give you my daughter
I will place 100000 in the bank to your account"
"You ore very kind, I'm sure. But II it's all the
o same to you, supposing you put Your daughter
t in the bank to my account and give me the
:. 100000"
In Serbia the women doctor the sick.
n Those who make a business OF II are called
i "babas" The most commonly fatal diseases in
- Serbia are consumption ana congestion OF the
Is lungs The staple remedy for the latter ailmeut
Is TO administer to the patient three apples grown
y ON the same bough. If after eating these apples,
: which are supposed TO have some mysterious con.
l. neolion with the Trinity the patient feels no bet
ter. then but not till then, the wise woman adopts
more vigorous measures, heunfortunate malade
q laid on the ground on his stomach. the wise
of woman scatters salt over him, and marches round
d him mumbling cabalistic words This seems Ia
q he A kind of exorcism and would indicate be.
n lief that the illness is caused by witohcraft oil
!. Economical possession.
% THE great heiress of England ct present II
d Miss Hamilton whose mother. Lady Nisbett Ham
l. ilton, has Just died, The large estates In Had
8, dingtonghire and Lincolnshire, the annual in
come of which is estimated at $500 0O0 have beer
L. for some years, owing TO the lady's incapaeity
under the management of the Scottish courts anC
an immense sum has accrued. Miss HamiltonI
'r father, whose original name was Dundas had tn,
4 agreeable fortune TO adopt no fewer than thre
IS additional family Christopher, Elshett
g. and finally Hamilton-each change bringing
- large increase Of fortune, Her mother, Just de
at ceased, had been first married to the Earl o
Elgin, father Of the Earl Of Canadian memory
J. and OF Sir Frederick Bruce, minister OF Washing
ton, but was divorced tEom him,