National Republican., 1885-02-07

This haunted life of mine;
And, shattered on tho frozen shore,
My harp can never wake
When will the dream Of death be o'er7
When will the morning break
-WWfdm Winter, IN Harpers Magazine for
February.
1T is said there are nearly 200 women
employed on daily newspapers in this country.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY began life as a
schoolteacher at IS a month, and In fifteen
years saved $500.
The Mormon Temple at Salt Lake will
yet REQUIRE more than four years for its com.
pletion, and will cost s3,OOO,OOO.
A LITTLE barefoot boy near Hiwassee,
Ga, recently picked up sapphire of between
thirty and thirty.ive carats in weight, and
which Is worth at least s35Oo0
BARON RoTHsoHILD once Advertised
for a chef who could concoct S65 different
soups, one for each day in the year. He found
him, and paid him salary of 5000 year.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON, or as his neigh
bors In st. Paul, Mimi, call him, "Uncle Joe,"
never wore an overcoat or u suit of clothes
worth more than Sl2 yet he is the possessor Of
s6,OOOOO0.
BENNETT GRAHAM BURLEIGH, tho
special correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph, who was wounded in the fight Oh
the 10th in the soudan, served with great gall
lantry in the confederate navy.
AN Englshman sold his head to n ply
sician in consideration OF his paying the
funeral expenses The man is now dead, and
his heirs have gone to law with the physician
for the possession u ms head.
"Ir goes against my constitution" said
Mr.. Closepenny to his wife, "for you.to spend.
so much money. Jaw, your constitution be
hanged" replied Mrs. C, "its my buy.laws
don't want you to interfere with"
A NEW ice yacht, constructed upon an
entirely new model and latteen rigged, re.
Gently went around q four-mile course In four
minutes and seyen seconds. She is one Of the
heaviest ice yachts ever constructed.
The mongooses imported into Jamaica
to eat up the myrads of rats abounding there
have accomplished their task. The important
question now is how to dispose of tho mon
gooses, which the blacks have superStltlous
fear about killing.
ONION sociables are tho latest craze in
Wyoming territory. Six ladies takean onion
into q room and each takes q bite from 1t. A
young gentleman is admitted, and, after kiss
ing all, If he can not tell which bit the onion
the girls all kiss him. Poor fellow.
A YOUNG dude lawyer, who had left
some dress clothes with an uncle, IL preparing
for society, and was seen in a pawnshop tho
other day. "Is he here 10 prosecutor asked a
friend of the shopkeeper. "0n the contrary"
said the pawn gentleman, "he comes here to
withdraw his suit"
ADoLPH SUTRo will model the free
public library he intends to give San Fran.,
cisco after those OF Leipsic, Gottenaen, and3
Heidelburg. He already has GO, ,0oovolume5
for 1t, and will probably increase the numbeq
to 100000 He will also erect library build[
ing of splendid proportions.
BUBBY stubbed his toe and came in
crying to his mother. "There, there, ,Bubby,,'
she said after she had ascertained that the
injury was triaing, ''you are too big boy to,
cry over a little thing like that" 'B-but
what a-am Ito do, mammaT he asked sob
bingly. 81 amt bbig enough to s-swear."
To COUNTERPART the effect of dose OF
poison accidentally administered to a man
near Beattyyille, KY, there being no emetio'
remedy on hand, woman thought the nico-
tine found in pipestem would answer tho
the inside, and gave 1t to the patient, who
died in ten minutes.
AN Arizona editor having got his rival
in Jail for assault aud battery thus gloats over
him: "our quondam contemporary is lying as
usual-this time in jail We understand that,
the saloon keepers are moving heaven and
earth to get him out, as their business has
fallen of since he has been cooped. When he
gets out what thirst he will have"
DELTA metal" discovered by Alex
ander Dick, of London, combination of zinc
and iron, is said to be as much superior to
brass as steel is to iron. 1t is very tough,
showing tensile strength Of sixty-two tons TO
the square inch when drawn into wire of
twenty-five gauge. 1t does not tarnish az
easily as brass and takes high polish,
A VERY simple contrivance-but at
the samo time one very valuable-is being
placed in the switches, frogs, and guards Of
the old Colony Railroad. II consists OF O
piece OF hard wood so shaped and bolted TO a
rail as to prevent persons foot from get.
ting caught in the groove when on tho track.
Accidents of that kind are of daily occur.
renee.
BENSON j. LOSING has been asked to
designate which Of the Bahama islands is the
San Salvador on which Columbus landed. He
replies that this has been long u deba,able
question and is still unsolyed. Six islands OF
the group claim the honor. Popular belief
holds to Cat island, while scientific and
historical investigators give reasons tor be-
lieving that each of the other five Islands il
the first landing place Of the great admiral.
RECENTLY you ng lady at Forest City.
Sierra county, Cal, while fast asleep got out Of
bed, partly dressed, picked up u lantern, and
started for her home, at Minnesota. She
passed some terrible bad and steep roads, and
finally arrived at Kanaka creek two and q
half miles from her starting point, in safety
but Just before stepping upon the foot bridge to
cross 1t, she stumbled, and the jar woke her
up. She comprehonded the situation very
quickly and proceeded on to Minnesota, reach-
ing home some time before daylight, For
some days previous TO the above event the
girl had been suffering from home sickness,
SOME snapper-up Of unconsidered tribes
connected with public men has made the dis.
covery that while every republican president
and presidential nominee has worn beard OF
some description, every democratic president
| and presidential nominee has been without u
beard. Van Buren, and Pierce wore tufts Of
hair in front OF their ears, but not Of sufficient
size to be called whiskers, while the thin rim
| of hair across the throat OF Horace Greeley left
his face smooth. Mr. Cleyeland's mustache is
regarded as coming nearest TO furnishing an
exception to the rule.
BISMARCK stone is the name Of an
enormous piece OF amber at present exhibited
in the Royal Geological Museum at Berlin,
whittier it was sent by a company OF amber
diggers in West Prussia, who found the same
ON Prince Bismarck's birthday (April y at a
depth of sixty feet below the surface. The
piece is unique, not exactly for its size, but for
itsshape and its remarkably fine color. the alb
sence OF any defect, and its singular clearnesl
Of sound The value Of the find may be in.
fe.red from the faGt that another piece In tbs
museum, larger to be sure, but infinitely In.
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