National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-01-31


tween Plon.Plon Bonaparte and his wife.
1T 10 reported that Mrs. Tom Thumb
again contomplates matrimony, and that tho
wedding cards are among the probabilities OF
tho near future.
New ORLEANS has larger proportion
OF women to men than any other American
city. That proportion is whites five to four
and blacks four to three.
A LIsGUIsT is doing service as police.
man In a railroad station ut Macon. Ga He
can converse In seven different languages, has
two more imporfectly In his head. and before
six months have passed hopes 10 add three
more to his repertoire.
IT Is said that had not an explanation
been given, which caused the commissioners
OF awards to revoke their decision the second
prize for butter at the Calcutta exhibition
would have been given to n hne sample OF
American olcomargarine.
CAPT. JOHN NJ. FRENCH, of SPRING.
vale, Wis, IL Il veteran of the war of 1872 and
was in action at Lundys Lane, Fort Erie and
other contested points, He has thlrty.eight
grandchildren, sIxty.throe rcat-grandchil-
dren and one roat-great-grandchild. d.
The most heavily loaded infantry SOL
der is tho Swiss. When fully equipped he
carries load Of 3i,io5 kilogrammes, while
the Russian carries 81, 36s the Italian $3.50.
tho English 2s,30S, the German rs, $50, tho
French q, $50, and the Austrian 27,T20
Or J. N. Nesmith, recently United
States senator from Oregon, who is in an asylum
in that state, the San Francisco Cdu says "Hia
condition grows daily more hopeless His In
sanity was brought on by domestic troubles
which occurred loss than three months ago.
FRANCE produced 1885, 1886 gallons
of wine last yoar-27, 900, 900 gallons less than
1888. With the exception OF nine departments
in the northwest, wine is produced In every
part OF France. Owing to the ravages OF
phylloxera, 10000 acres OF vineyards had to ,
DO rooted up during tho year.
The news Of the proposed law prohibit
ting foreigners from holding real estate In the
| United States produced CONSERVATION in Great
Britain until 1t was telegraphed from this side
| Of the water that no one In this country ex-
pected the bill TO become law or deemed 1t
practicable or likely to be enforced if 1t
| should
GREEK meets Greek; Plumbor--Well,
l stopped that leak up at your house. Coal
merohant-All right what's your blll3
Plumber-oh. I'll let you OF light. Call 1t s9i.
Coal merchant-Very well. l sent that ton of
coal up to your house this afternoon. Give
me "a aud we'll call II squar. / don't want 10
be hard on you.
"HULLo, doctor ~ exclaimed Blank,
where are you goingT' Doctor--"rheyys
sent for me up at Fenderson's; he's very sick,
they say" Blank-"But how did he happen
TO send for you? lie said the other night that
| you were horse doctor" Doctor-"And,
pray, why shouldn't horse doctor be a safe
man to treat donkeyT
| HENRY M. STANLEY is pushing to its
completion the manuscript of 4 work on his
African laborA The work will bear the title,
Congo; or, the Founding of State; a Story OF
| Work and Exploration" IL will consist of two
good sized volumes, and IL is expected that tho
manuscript will be ready for the printer within
| a month.
TIBERIAs is tho only town Of any size
on the see Of Galilee to-day. II is mainly
Hebrew settlement of 1900 or 900 semi.bar-
barians, surrounded by ruinous old wall that
is manifestly Roman. Half dozen tired
looking palm trees rise above the roofs OF the
squalid buildings, serving only To emphasize
the universal desoiation. The lake itself is
really beautiful.
THERE arc in America at the presept
time 80, 900 locomotives To keep up the stand.
ard and supply now demands, 30 must be
built each year. Locomotives cost on an aver
age $4,000 each, which would indicate an OK
penditure OF sl2,oOOOOO this year. There arc
sixteen locomotive works In the United States,
among whom this work and money will DO
more or less evenly distributed.
ONE Of the curiositiss Of the New Or.
leans Exposition Ia an air flower from tho
City of Mexico. IL is two inches long and re-
} sembles beetle with wings aud horns. The
wings are a light sea-green color. dotted with
specks. Thebody OF the flower is pale yellow
and deep orange, and gives slight hyacinthe
, perfume. Including the broad bananashaped
leaves, the entire plant looks as though nodded
. In wax.
LITERARY talent is kept fully abreast
OF roller skating progress at Brunswick, Ca,
where one Of the papers prints rink per-
, sonals' like these: Miss Julia Futch glided
around the hall like q sunbeam playing upon
the crests of the sparkling waves Mrs, McIver
! ia quite at home on the rollers, and skates as
smoothly as the swan glides over the passive
waters Miss Mary Stacy fitted around the
hall like alght.winged dove on some heavenly
mission"
The Tichborne claimant has taken up
I pigeon shooting since his release He took
part in two matches for ESQ side, at twenty
five birds each, at Leeds the other day, against
0 Mr.. W. Graham, of London, sand Mr.. @. HI.
Fowler both well.known shots. In the frst
match. Mr.. Fowler was declared the winner
s at the nineteenth bird, having killed thirteen
( birds TO the claimants seven. In the second
0 match the claimant shot much better, Mr..
t Graham winning by only one bird.
SOME Of the most cherished popular be-
llefs are hopeleSsly destroyed by science Cat
gut is derived from sheep; German silver was
I. not invented in Germany, aud contains No
. silver; Cleopatras needle was not erected by
= her, nor in her honor; Pompey's pillar had no
, historical connection with that parsonage
: sealing wax does not contain q particle o.
: wax; the tuberose is not rose, but a polyanth
/ tho strawberry is not berry; Turkish baths
i did not originate in Turkey and are not bath
, at all; whalebone ia not bone, and contain
| not any of its properties.
> OWN O to the growing depression In
the corn crop the Russian government has do
cided to start the coming summer tea plan
taIion on a large scale at Soukum Kali in thu
Caucasus region, and TO import coolies from
China TO work II. Experiments in q SINAI
\. way have proven that tea can be grown In thu
Caucasus but 80 far II has cost almost as mucl
10 per pound as that grown by the United state
government In South Carolina, which was
1 matter OF $3.50 pound or Whereabouts. Rus
. SLAMS are great tea drinkers importing an
- nually 1900, 900 pounds, one half OF which
. brought overland across Siberia, and the re
mainder to Odessa and Cronstadt by sea.
!. GEN. GORDON is great smoker, and 4
o amply provided with tobacco. He has tw'
9. palaces at Khartoum and gun in position OF
the fat roof OF each Of them. AZ sunrise dali
N he mounts to the roof and makes careful
:. survey OF the whole country with his telt
81 scope, and marks any changes which ma
/. have taken place in the 0nemy's position,
/. nothing unusual has happened, and there ar
A. no signs OF any movement on the part o
the Mahdis men, he retires into his quarter
Il, and sleeps the greater part of the day. II