National Republican., 1884-04-11

Above pretty feminine face
"only bonnet" husband sobbed,
AS he frowned the frown Of man who's robbed:
But he gave up his dollars, big aud bright.
ana dreamed OF mother-in. law that night
And swore next day powerful sight.
"only bonnep that Easter morn
Aroused a tempest of female scorn
AS II swept along, serene and new,
Adown the street and church. door through,
And found its way to the family pew.
"only bonnet" the women said,
As they saw the bauble upon her head;
Some of them groaned-some OF them sirhed-
Some of them nodned-some of them cried
Most of them swooned in their pews and diedl
Chicago Ne0s.
ACCORDING to the Indian budget report OF
Sir Auckland Colvln, the export Of grain from
British India has almost trebled In three years.
II was S417,OOO hundred weight in the year 1882
'S3. 1t was l950O,O0O hundred weight In the first
ten months Of the current fiscal year.
SAMUEL j. WALKER, the most reckless
real estate operator ever known in Chicago who
is said to be slowly wasting away from cancer in
the fnce, is urging his right to n discharge In
bankruptcy on s5000.0O0 of obligations bank
IN Ohio, with a claim of $4,000, Is the ony OBJ
icctor.
WHILE some workmen few weeks ago
were making excavations in ground formerly at
tachod to the manor house at Chelsea which
Henry WIN built for his daughter, the Princess
Elizabeth they came Upon subterruneAn pass.
ago leading toward Kensinglon. About thirty
feet of 1t is in good preservation, being still well
arched
Mr.. JAMES BAToHELoR, of Louisville, has
been gratfed by the receipt of a cable dispatch
notifying him that his daughter, Miss Nina Batch
elor, has succeeded In getting picture accepted
by the Salon. She has been studying but eighteen
months In Paris, and, without fortune or inluen-
tlnl friends, has achieved marked and gratifying
success.
LoRNE is not likely to get the viceroyalty
of India Os soon as ne or his mother in law would
| like. The Marquis of RIpon has written home
that he intends to hang to this lucrative place
till shortly before the time for which he was ap-
pointed expires-to wit, In June. 1SS5--but he may
go to England early as March next year 10 talk
about it.
The French are making extraordinary ef-
| forts to suppress slavery tn Morocco The French
| minister at Tnngier has issued q decree declaring
that henceforth French subjects and Mussulman
proteges of the French ministry must neither buy
sell, nor hold slaves in that country. The procla-
nation was issued on account Of the recent re-
vival of the traffic.
Mr.. JoHN Z. owens, the well-known como
dian, is seriously i'll at his country residence Aig
burth Vale" near Baltimore He has long been a
sufferer from liver affection. which hie physician
apprehends has recently become chronic, ana
hemprrhNges have ensued. Aday or two ago Prof.
Alan p Smith, member of the faculty of tho
Maryland university, was called In consultation.
A New YORK doctor has been reading n
paper on dreams before medical society of that
city, in which he stated that dreams differ nc
cordlng to the food taken into the stomach OF the
sleeper. Thus" he says, 'if man sleeps with
his stomach full of corned beef and other solids
his dreams will be very different from what they
would be II he had the same stomach distensou
from eating food of less gravity"
The shah of Persia is described as being q
tall handsome man, over 80 years old. having a
broad, finely formed forehead and piercing black
eyes, with look of intellect and force. His lips
are hidden by a large and fierce looking mustache.
The heaviness of his chin gives slightly sensu-
Gus look to the lower part OF his face. His ex-
nrassi~'' In public az least Is stern but not cruel
and he looks as one accustomed to be very much
obeyed.
The policemen In London are not allowed
to carry revolvers lest they might be tempted to
use them too careessly. As the burglars are not
restrained by similar scruples a contest between
Il London burglar and London policeman IA
rather one-sided. recent and somewhat pro-
tracted discussion OF the question of arming the
police has ended In providing for them no more
formidable weapon than new and improved
whistle.
WILLIAM WASHINGTON figures In the EN-
cycopedlcal Dictionary of the Spanish Lam
guage," recently published in Madrid, as "the
FOUNDER OF the republic of the United States and
the first president" Pennsylvania as the same
volume declares, "has population of one and a
half millions, the greater portion beinV German.
German is the prevailing language of the state"
The book teaches further that 'In PHILADELPHIA Is
the United States bank building"
THE supposed decrease in the worlds sum
ply of gold is not borne out by the facts of the
case German writer says that we have now
four great gold fields-thc western part of the
United States Australia, Siberia, and the section
OF South America north of the Amazon. The out
put of these gold fields is sufficiently largo to sus-
tain the view that means will be found when the
demand becomes really urgent to furnish gold
enough to meet the worlds monetary wants for
centuries to come, If not for all time. 1t is quito
probable, however, that as civilization advances
gold VIII be used chiefly for purposes of orna-
mentation and will form but very small part Of
the circulating medium of the world.
A DESTRUCTIVE submarine boat has lust
been constructed at Stockholm. 1t was tried in
Lake Malar and, 1t is believed, has been pur-
chased for the French government It is shaped
like cigar. is 6i feet long, feet wide and has
an engine of 30-horse power. 1t Is SAID II can be
| navigated under water, goes at the speed of ten
| nautical miles the hour, and that four persons
can without any danger remain in II for six hours
running The funnel shaped cylinder is the only
part of the boat which is visible. winding stair
leads to the boat, which is steered from the top of
the cylinder, where glass roof enables the man
Mt the wheel to see the surface OF the water and
direct the course ofhis strange submarine engine
| ofdestructUn.
IN Russia they consider Bismarck an un-
satisfactory man to go bear.huntng with, because
he kills all the bears and gives no one else a
chance. The chancellor once set out from st,
Petersburg with half dozen Russian mobiles. On
their return one Of the latter was asked, "Well,
how did you fare?" Badly" he replied. "The
| first bear came running toward us tho Prussian
shot, and bruln fell down. A second bear ad-
yanoed; shot and missed, but Bismarck shot and
killed him. Then tho third bear broke through
the wood Col NJ shot twice ahd missed each
timo, Then the Prussian shot that bear also. Thus
he shot three bears and afterward we did not meet
another. So badly we Jared, little father"
A DowN-EAsT young lady became engaged
| TO Il real nice young man, aud she wanted to tell
| 1t ever so much, but she had no ring and her ahi
anoed was not in a condition, financially, to get
! her one. She went to few trusted friends and
! poured out the desire of her soul Five of them
contributed 81 each. aud she soou appeared wtha
diamond ring on the engagement finger Beinga
moor girl this aroused the suspicious of n police