The national Republican., 1867-09-11
Pen. Pencil and soassers.

four millions, and that, too, for indifferent gas.
In Nashville they are disinfecting the
CUTTERS with coal tar.
WOMAN is a.delusion but men will hug
dslusions.
A cRoss-oRAINED old bachelor says that
'tin' Is the favorito "belle' metal now s.days.
IT rs mean thing to live in sus-
pense; 1t Is the life Of spider.
ArESprR-HEARTED railway engineer says
he never runs over man when he can help II,
because II muses. up the track sO.''
TnE great secret Of success in business
10 to get the ring of the true metsl"-Printe',
Zinc.
THERE is an engraved topaz in the Paris
Exposition upon which twenty years Of labor
were expended.
WILD GEESE are vending their devious
way southwark, and civilized geese are prognos-
Hcating premature and severe winter.
DAoorAn has had a gold sensation,
caused by finding lump Of tho metal in q
chickens gizsard.
THE Duke Of Hamilton is described as
an elegant nt.looking boy, with a fresh psschsJ.
and cream sort Of complexion and red hair
THB Londoners are congratulating
themselves that they have escaped the honor Of
visit from the 'brother Of the Tycoon"
The mosquito is reported to "bite with
suction pipe and warblo with Its pinions." We
bolisvs in the biting portion Of the saying.
IT was happy phrase Of somebody to
call the writings Of the brothers Bulyer the
"Bulworks'' Of British literature.
A BRUTE in Ohio, who beat his wife all
| through the summer night was arrested In the
morning for-disturbing his neishbor's rest
WOLVES are very numerous in some
portions Of Maine. They have a wonderful
weakness for Maine mutton. It is their main
stay.
OK Sunday evening young lady occu-
pying room in one of the Chicago hotels blew
out her gas, and the next morning was found q
corpse
A Swiss farmer has been disfranchised
for watering his milk Hope this will be fol-
lowed up In these parts. The milk here Is very
Potomacy.
The Boston Medical and Surgical Jour
nal speak, Of DR.. Jacob BgelOw and DR.. o. W.
Holmes as 'ths philosopher and the poet Of our
medical community"
Mr.. DICKENS was lately present at q
launch Of war vessels at Chatham, one Of which,
the steamer Blanche, was "christencd'' BY one Of
his daughters.
TnAoKERAY speaks of place in Ireland
where the sense Of elegance was so keen that the
servants brought up the Goals for the parlOr
crate on q clean plate.
An ill-natured editor says the women
all paint and he ssts his face against It. Won
der II he accornts for the redness of his nose In
that way.
A NEW ENGLAND politician, speaking Of
a cOtempOrary says IAN he wants is fair
chance, and he will make the mesnsst man In
Connecticut"
STILL it contemplating on the win
dow pane, dropping from the leaves glaneing on
tho pavement and triekling from the leaves
Fine shower that yesterday afternoon, wasn't ID.
SARATOGA is pretending to be righteous
for the nonce, and talking severely about shut.
ting up its bad houses Good time to think Of
II now. Nobody there now but the old fogy
residents-young America left somo time sgo.
" Charles Dickens comes to this coun-
try he will probably give no readings or lectures
under the auspices Of lecture committees or lit
erary associations, and II he does will charge
them 81 500 night.
A BREMEN JOURNAL contains the follow
log advertisement: "a young gentleman on the
point Of getting married Is desirous Of meeting
man Of experience who will dissuade him from
the step"
The Prince of Wales is represented as
behaving very naughty in Paris and his conduct
generally Is said to be Of q character to dispel
the popular dslusion of that divinity which doth
hedge about king.
DICKENS first appearance as a public
reader was in the sleepy old town Of Peter.
borough, twelve or fourteen years ago. Uncsr.
tain Of his powers, and difiient, the reading we,
great triumph.
The wood consumed in one year by the
Now York Central railroad amounts to over
l6O, 900 cords, which, at forty cords per acre
would require at least 1000 acres Of heavily
timbered land to furnish this supply.
FRANCIS NJ. Finch, who wrote the Blue
and tho Gray" in the last Atlantic, was the
author Of half the songs which the Yale students
sing to-day. Except Morris. he Is the best song
writer this country has produced.
DUMAS says that he could make more
money in the country by selling his photograph
than by Iecturing. He is quite as severe upon
his own lectures as upon American taste The
one in which he figures with Monkon cells well
here now.
THERE is youth who, every time he
wishes to get glimpse of his sweetheart, cries
"Pire" directly under her window. 10 the
alarm Of the moment she plungeS her head out
Of the window and inquiries, "Whers3" When
ho POLITICALLY slaps himself on the bosom, and ex.
claims, "Ere, my Carolina" Wo think bucket
Of ice-cold water would put out that Ere
i The editorial profession has had many
respectable individuals in It, but not many
royal personages. Julius Cesar, however, was
an editor and his pnner tha drJ1 D;,r,,,