The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-09
LOUIS NAPOLEoN's PALACE,

LOUIS NAPOLEoN's PALACE.-A
story is told in private circles about
wealthy but ill-informed American
who went to Paris and applied for
lodgings at one of the most aristocratic
cold family" mansions of the city,
wherehe read the words "Hotel de Grill
lon" over The door. Haughtily dis
missed there, he next applied at an
other of the same sort, the "Hotel de
Boissy," unaware that the custom of
placing the name over the door is enc
of the old observances of the French
aristocracy. At this juncture some
one informed him of his blunder, and
great was his chagrin. Subsequently
he met friend who recommended him
to go to the "Hotel du Louvre" which
is really public house Of entertain
ment. But ignorance had succumbed
to wisdom. mo, hang it p was the
erudite reply, r'm up to that, you
know you don't get me to apply for
board at Louis Napoleon's palace p
~ experienced editor pays high
and deserved compliment to the fair
patrons of the press. Women, he
says, are the best subscribers in the
world to newspapers, magazines, etc.
We have been an editor for forty years,
and never lost dollar by female sub
scribers. They seem to make it a
point of conscientious duty to pay the
preacher and the printer-two classes
OF the community that suffer more by
bad pay, and no pay at all, than all
the rest put together.
A SARATOGA correspondent says
that burlesque advertisement was
posted in the Union Hotel, announc-
ing that, Gin order to overcome natu-
raj prejudice against the use of hash,
the proprietor will, on Monday, place
a two dollar and half gold piece in
certain quantity of the hash; on
Tuesday, one-half that amount in two
pieces on Wednesday, one-third that
amount in three pieces" and SO ON for
a week.
BAYARD TAYLOR, ina recent letter
to the New York Tribune, says
"Since l have come to Europe / have
been constantly calledupon, in France,
Switzerland and Germany, to explain
our present difficulty, and that while |
have found great many persons un-
friendly to the permanence of the
Union, no one has the courage to con-
fess himself an admirer of Andrew
johnson.
PATS TURTLE.-The head Of
turtle, for several days after its sepa-
ration from the body, retains and eX-
hibits animal life and sensation. An
Irishman had decapitated one, and
some days afterwards was amusing
himself by putting sticks in its mouth,
which it bit with violence. A lady
who saw the proceeding exclaimed
"Why, Patrick, | thought the turtle
was deadW $50 he is, ma'am; but
the cratur's not sensible of it,"
Tine Franklin, louisiana Planters
Banner of the 7th, contains the fol
lowing interesting paragraph in a
leader detailing the inducements to
emigrants: "There are three mill
} ions of acres of tillable lands in At
takapas and st. Landry, which can
be bought, according to quality and
quantity, or location, at from from VI
to $50 per acre. We know OF good
sugar lands that can be bought for
$40 an acre, few miles from naviga~
tain"
The USE OF ToBACCo.-This is
the way boys reason when forbidden to
use tobacco: The lawyer smokes; how
can it be illegal ? The doctor chews
how can it be unwholcsomc =? The
clergy snuff how can it be immoral ?
The politician smokes, chcws or shufis;
, how can it be impolitc ?
NEWSPAPERS IN TIE UNITED
STATEs.-In the year | $50 there were
but seven newspapers and periodicals
published in the United States in
1910 there $50, including 25 publish
) ed daily; in 1882 there were 588; in
J 1860, 2,051, circulating annually
927, ,951 ,54S copies.
/, A FRENCH Savan has likcned the
1 quickness of volition in an animal to
l the telegraph. He tells his class {:
e When the whale is harpooned the
a nerve affected instantly telegraphs to
: the creatures brain, "Harpoon in tall"
r upon which the brain telegraphs back,
: Jerk tail and upset boat" What n
wonderful thing is science.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Maine
Farmer, says: "Many a housewife
. may be glad to know when she has a
piece of fresh meat she wishes to keep
a few days, that it can be successfully
! done by placing it in a dish and Gov
: ering it with milk. Sour milk or
buttermilk will do as well. l have
practiced the plan for years"
= M say Jones, how is it that your
n wife dresses SO magnificently, and you
h always appear out at the elbows ~
: Jones, (impressively and significantly, }
0 "you see, Thompson, my wife dresses
e according to the Gazette Of Fashion,
e and 1 dress according to my Ledger" /"
LADIES are like watches-pretty