National Republican., 1884-04-16


And all he spske accorded with his deeds.
More than priest-a large .souled, manly man
His brothers lapse slow ever to condemn;
He taught no vengeful fathers wrath ful plan,
But held the brimming cup of hope to them,
And seemed TO take, whom thence his pathway
The seamless robe," With healing in its hem.
Ben d. House.
AN insurance company to indemnify BIZ
cycle riders for injuries received hos been organ.
lied in London, with capital of 100000
THE late duke of Albany was the last per-
son who wore at oxford the silk gown and velvet
and gold-tasselcd cap of a nobleman from which
cap arose the phrase "tuft hunting"
MRS. PEARSON, until recently Miss Aver,
the medicine millionaires daughter hos sent di-
rections by cable for the purchase OF the Willard
palace on Madison avenue, New York.
A PHILADELPHIA street car official says
passengers lose at least $4,000 year In the street
cars Of that CITY, most of 1t in the winter months,
when the vehicles are carpotod with straw.
THERE are 719,035 persons OF tho school
age in Indiana. or these 1873 nre colored The
total enrolment is 500. There 6,9a8 teach.
ers employed in the state, of whom 5000 are fe-
males.
A coRREsPoNp DENT writes to a paper in
resembles black b'ss, is little drler and IL slight
degree stronger, but that if placed upon the table
as fish but few could detect 1t.
FOUR HUNDRED foreign doctors have dc.
cided to attend the August meeting of the inter-
national medical congress at Copenhagen, and
have announced their intention of preparing
communications on vario US subjects for that oc
casion
"a WOMAN in Madison, Ca, played tho
violin one evening for Dance aud the next
morning was found dead" II was common ra-
mark at the funeral, "What heap o. sufierin' she
might or saved we uns If she'd only died twelve
hours earlier"
AT all points in the south beyond where
| there are traces of limestone, sulphur water is
| found by boring any considerable depth, also
| other evidences Of volcanic formation, which in
dicates that these portions of the dry land have
been formed since the higher parts.
The growth of correspondence in Russia 10
pointed out in the Moscow Gazette by the following
statistics: In the year 1873 III stamps at diff
ferent prices were sold in 1879, 96S9G2s in 1880
s5oS874 in 1881, 1o6 ,2S3 22; aud in 1882 2s7
377 OF the latter n ,2s9,35S were seven .copecks
stamps for foreign postage.
LADY BRAssEY, of the yacht Sunbeam, has
pretty, long haired pet pig. "Ha il the quaint
est little animal Imaginable sha says, he sits
up like dog, and was discovered. after lunch to-
day, comfortably ensconsed among the pillows on
tho sofa. He is about half the size Of my favorite
old pug Felise, and has very sharp teeth of his
| own"
NICE, in the south of France, is earning
| the right to be classed among the representative
| gambling places Of Europe. A casino and q new
| game with as many combinations as roulette
called "Mascotte," have set up there. The banker
| is a woman whose gains amount to 80 per cent
| ia nat tr0n izad md Ia
| public scandal.
The profits of the fisheries exhibition Of
London are to be disposed OF as follows: $4,000
are TO be invested for the assistance of widows
and orphans of hshermen-the probable nucleus
| OF q fshermens accidental death insurance asso-
ciation-and $4,000 is to go to found a royal fish
cries society on the lines Of the Royal Agricultural
society. A balance of $4,000 remains In hand.
THE Quinologist announces that the numer-
GUS cinchona gardens commenced five or six years
| ago in Java will soon begin to yield, and bark
may be expected to take prominent position in
the list of exports from that islsnd. In 1881 the
number of new trees In the nurseries was 1856 600,
and in 1882, l,2o5soO The trees In the plantations
numbered 2,207 $3.50 in 1881. and 2099,4Oo In 1882.
There are nine varieties In all. The ledgerianas
have proved successful, and contain from to III
| per cent of alkaloid
The origin Of altar of roses Is said to have
been this; To please voluptuous monarch his
fayorte sutana caused his bath in the palace
| garden to be filed to the brm with rose water
The action the sun soon concentrated the oily
particles floating on the surface, and the attend.
ant, supposng the water to have become corrupt.
began to skim 1t for the purpose of taking off the
| oil. The globules burst under the process, and
| emitted such delightful odor that the idea Of
| preparing this beautiful perfume was at once
| suggested.
THE Paris court Of cassation has qusshed
a judgment obtained some time ago by Nine.
Gelyot the proprietress of a hotel, near the Sor-
bonne, awarding damages for disturbance to her
trade caused by the howlings Of dogs under
going vivisection at that institution. The court
holds that the physiological experiments in
| question constitute branch OF instruction
given by the state, and that NJ. Paul
Bert, against whom the judgment was OBJ
tained and other professors OF every rank,
accomplish by such experiments a public SER
vice.
DIR. ALEX, DE BORA, Of Crystal Springs,
N Y. writes to the Scientific american that, after
years of practical test OF milk diet for Brights dis
ease he has long list OF cases in which he has
| made permanent cures. Great care 10 taken 10
| get absolutely pure skinned milk from healthy
pnd wel-fed cows and no other food OF any kind
| is given after the patient can bear Ave pints OF
milk a day. Up to this point, and until the
hlomaCn can take care OF so muCn Is louhu 70 %
| the most trying period in this treatment but no
other medicine is given, and hand and hair'gloVe
rub ing is daily admin istered
DURING the performance of "a Bunch Of
Keys" at Little Rock the other night, and Just as
one OF the performers cracked nut on the bald
head of tho hotel clerk, an old fellow in the audi
ence rose and exclaimed, This things gone fur
enough and don't think the law should allow
feller to crack hickory nuts on mans bald head.
am bald headed man myself, and think that
feller casts reflections on every man In the house."
It was with difficulty that he was quleted. but
finally he sat down, Aftera while one of the
hotel men struck match on the clerks head,
and the sympathizing citizen raved until the
police removed him.
IT is known to be fact that Barnum had
chemists and scientists employed for more than
year searching for the means whereby an ele-
phant could DO turned white. All the blonde
dyes aud bleaching processes were tried In vain.
Paints and stains Of various kinds were given
thorough trials, but none were regarded as safe
enough to go before the public with. Prof Gross,
of Cleveland, who was formerly an animal
catcher, says FOrepaughs elephant is not painted,
but sandpapered which is the most effective
means known Of changing the color OF the ele-
plants skin. The ouUcle Is secured off, leaving
tho next layer exposed, which is Of q pale red
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