National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-24

! NullioIillh anu u iOuOWor oil walker in Mica
ragua.
AN eccentric Englshman, who landed
In New York the other morning took a
steamer for Liverpool the same afternoon.
He said he had seen enough.
JOHN Q. Enc, tho runaway bank CASH
ier Of New York, is to build hotel on Or
leans island, near Quebec, and become per-
manent resident OF the dominion.
LIEUT.. LUcIEN YOUNG, who is in COM
mand of the United States steamer shenan.
doah, now at Coquimbo. Chill, writes to
friends In Lexington, KY, that he has cleared
more than million dollars from Investments
in silver mines and railroad in that country.
HENRY c. PEDDER, of notorioty in re-
gard to the affairs of Arnold Constable Il Co.
and OF the late Manhattan, is living now in the
island of st. Kits, one of the West Indies.
where he was born. There business which
nets Its manager s25 month makes a nabob
| of him.
IF you could got whatever Won
wished, what would you wish for?' was
asked on Christmas day Of "a little girl who
had lust finished her plum pudding. She
eyed the remnant OF tho feast rehectlyely for
moment, and then replied, decisiyely: "Id
Just wish that could be very hungry again"
ONE good thing is said of Bismarck.
which Is that ladies are not afraid of him Ma
poeon made women cover; they knew that
his Corsioan spitefulness would disdain no
me ans OF retaliation Tor slight or an injury.
But ladies have oflen been maliclously epi
grammatical or downright saucy to the chan.
celor, without having anything worse to fear
rom him than seowls and grumbles.
TEACHING q school for Indian boys In
New Mexico is attended with some incon.
vcniences. The other day several Apache
braves visited school in Albuquerque where
their sons were pupils full of wrath and
whisky. They wanted to clean out the whole
establishment because they had heard that the
Indian lads were occasionally punished. And
the only way TO pacify them was to get them
30 drunk that they were helpless
SIX Of the fifty-fve PAGERS that entered
the $3.50 list IN 1884 are converted trotters that
bad records Their names and pacing and
trotting records are as follows Jewett, pac-
ing, 2Ii24i trotting, 2;221g; Minnie Il, pacing,
2l615i trotting, 2l9; Lorene, pacing, 2l5lG
trotting' 2;8C14i Ben Star, pacing 2:2i1S; trot-
ting, 2;2Oi4; Nike wilkes, pacing, 216H; trot-
ting, 1856 Mollie l., pacing 2;26IS trotting,
225.
The japanese dentist is armed with n
few small ivory wedges ana a malet The
wedges are driven down OH each side of the
tooth into the jawbone until the tooth il
loosened, and death frequently follows the
operation, Inflammation setting In in broken
jaw. The Japs fear the operation so much
that 1t Is seldom resorted TO, and great num-
bers of people have their teeth broken OFF
close to the gum In order to kill the nerve.
THERE is much discussion as to tho
probable date Of tho marriage of Princess
Beatrice and Prince Henry, of Battenberg
| Nnt oil .ht al s.,g.
made concerning 1t, but there is excellent rea-
son for believing that it will not occur until
next fall. Prince Leopold has only been dead
nine months or SO, and certainly the wedding
Will not take place until the year of mourning
Ia over. And Prince Henry's term of service
In the German army will not expire until July
and no would not wish to be married before
then.
AT the celebration the other day, by
the Associated Rioneers of the territorial days
of California, of the thirty-seventh anniyer-
sary of the discovery of gold at Suffers saw
mill, the mouth Of many u veteran watered
when his eye caught the following bill of
fare: 40 order-if you wait for it-grizzly
bear steak, with frijoles, ribs OF antelope with
tortillas, carue seco, with chill colorados,
fried salt pork with slap jacks, stewed jackass
rabbit, with mescal, mule (rump) steak, with
hard tack, and mysterious stew, a la Chinese"
But no one waited.
AT Key West summer is perpetual, and
at MONDAY every soul is asleep. The cocoa
nut trees nod drowsily, and the great banana
leaves droop under the heavy air The flushed
sun gilds the smooth trunks of the palms, tho
hum OF the insects is hushed, and the cigar.
maker who sings at his work while the morn.
ing mist lies upon the island, seeks the shelter
OF low-browed roofs, smokes his cigarette, sips
his coffee, and lies down TO siesta. The peo-
pie share their slumber between the day and
the night. They work In the early morning
and the evening hours, give their nights TO
pleasure, and the MONDAY TO rest.
THE largest hanging bell in the world
Is in Buddhist monastery near Canton,
China 1t is IL feet high and 40 feet in clrcum.
ference, and of solid bronze. 1t is one of eight
great bells which were cast by command Of
the Emperor Yung-lo about A. d. 400, and Is
said TO have cost the lives Of eight men, who
were killed during the process of casting. The
whole bell, both inside and out, is covered
with an inscription in embossed Chinese,
characters about half an inch long, covering
even the handle, the total number being
$1,000. The characters tell single story-one
OF the Chinese classics
THERE are few intelligent Mussulmans
who do not secretly or openly profess supreme
disgust at the sultan and adherence of his
system OF government. The pachas and gov.
errors of the various districts are required TO
send specified sum TO Constantnople and
they get the money as best they may Their
method of collecting the sheep tax is typical.
} Each owner Of flock Is rated at 80 much a
head, and the rate IL nearly the full value of "a
sheep Therefore, to secure the means of
living he keeps as many more than he pays
for as he possibly can, system Of cheating
!, which the Turks cap by perpeIually raising the
rate.
A NEW York reporter was staying in
a small town in Georgia. lie happened to
witness a fight between two well-knOwn local
politicians. Thinking he could turn a few
! honest pennies he fastened to the Office of the
, local newspaper, Got q bully story" he
said. Eight between Judge A aud Sheriff
F.. How much do you wanH' "Why, those
two men are on the shoot" replied the editor
in chief I'D have to quit the town If pub
lished anything against either of them"
Next day this interesting item appeared:
1.-TWO we'll known politicians had an alterca-
ton Yesterday" The New York reporter
thinks there isn't much newspaper enterprise
in Georgia.
MRS. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE IL still in
, France Al CanOnchet Thursday there was
begun the sale Of the fine furnishings that
beautlhed the spraguo mansion when she EN-.
terlaincd many heleading men and women
ofthe country, Some of the articles were
bought with much painstaking by Mrs.
sprague In an earlier vlstto Paris, One Of the
cabinets was bought by her at the Marie
Antolnetto sale for $1,000. In the front part Of
the hall, which serves as an auction room, is
tho large, massive Oaken dining table, COW
cred with bric'a-brao and many of Mrs
sprague's personal effects, including even her
pln-cushions. Underthe hammer, too, falls the