National Republican., 1873-06-03
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A CHINESE theatrical company are having
a very successful run In Paris.
WHT Is n whisper forbidden in polite so-
clety2 Because Is isn't aloud.
CADET GLASS, Of Tennessee, Is going to
try and see his way through West Point.
An old lady says she Ia tired Of "hearlng
about them cerbero-spinal men In galters."
FLoATiSo DOCKS for timid bathers are TO
May.
THERE arc several towns In Iowa 80 moral
that you cannot buy newspaper within their
limits on Sunday.
A nor eleven years old, ln Detroit, felgns
death 50 perfectly that only experts can dis
cover signs Of life.
THE hotels and cottages at Long Branch
and elsewhere have already thin sprinkling
Of seaside refugees.
1T Is ESTIMATED that tho losses by Ameri-
can merchants on teas during the past twelve
months amount TO 100000.
Docs pay for the education OF the children
Of Potter county, Pa, each contributing q
dollar apiece to the school fund.
APARMER states that the only thing he
knows Of that there Is no danger Of run
ming Into the ground" Is the plow.
LIFE Is but stage, You may have heard
this before, but the fact that Vermont has
three female stage drivers may be new"
THE Philadelphia papers having exhausted
the question, 'Can 6shhear Z" are now labor
Ing with the conundrum, "Are mice inccn-
dlariesi"
BupD DoDLE has eloped with another
mans wife. He Is also one OF the author OF
q book on tho horse. The other writer's are
Henry Ward Beecher and DR.. Loring.
EXPERIMENTS recently tried In sending
salmon eggs from England to Now Zealand
prove that they can be kept In healthy con-
dl'ion for period Of ll2 days or longer.
A YOUNG LADY at q wedding In New York
the other night fractured her ankle by tum-
bling of the back Of pew, to which she
had clambered to obtain good view Of the
bridal party.
A coRRKsroSpRsr Of a Chicago news
paper, who has been making an investigation
OF the subject, estimates that the corn crop
OF this year In Illinois will not be much more
than half that Of last year.
THE liquor-dealcrs in Chicago have by per-
sistent agitation defeated the II o'clock
closing ordinance, their hours being extended
to midnight, and the Sunday law, permission
being granted them to sell on Sunday after
l p. m.
LADY CUSTOMER (with her grocer book
"You know, Mr.. sweeplns, the Chancellor
Of the Exchequcr takes of half the sugar
duty" "Yes'm. he docs, and you will see
that we have not yet charged you anything
extra in consequence"
HAPPY THoueHT.-An Ohio legislator
wants a bill passed making It an offence TO
name another child John Smith. Now II he
could get another bill passed fning every
body who Is named John Smith, Its national
debt might be paid of at once.
A MICHIGAN JOURNAL, commenting upon
n steamboat accident, says "ln q moment
the gates Of paradise opened upon the suf-
ferers, and the shrieks OF the dying mingled
with the shrieks Of the divine harinonies Of
the melodious chcrublm, and were waited
heavenward together"
The Bazaar OF all Nations" at Boston,
closes with satisfactory results, the net profits
footing up over $4,000, and the remaining
goods and costumes being worth e20, 900.
Negotiations for the use OF the buildings and
costumes have been made with several cities,
which will add largely to the receipts.
At q recent meeting Of the 81. Louis
Homeopathic Medical Society an Interesting
paper on cerebro-spinal meningitis was read,
In which Il Is stated that IL was the common
belief Of physicians at the time that George
Washington died Of this disease. II has
been known and described for Ave hundred
years.
An exchange tella us that "the ladies' OF
Ironton, No., have united to discourage the
practice OF smoking In church" They won't
let US smoke In railroad cars, nor In street
and now they want to stop US from smoking
In church. The thing Is becoming really
alarming.
Tue travelling sidewalk Of the New York
genius Ia not so much Of novelty as 1t might
be. Jones says, In fact, that he has seen The
time wlsn he would have given much money
for a SIDEWALK that wasn't moyeable-wher
i1hS ihS yHS5St but 'ST we're HGGna1plchsS6t
and when nineteen miles an hour wasn't :
circumstance to the way things flew around
i An attempt is making in Kentucky TO re.
yiye the Harrods6urg and Blue Lick springs
In that State. They were very lberally pa
ironized before the war, but have been much
neglected since. Harrodsburg Is said to b'
the Oldest town In Kentucky, the hr,t cabin
having been built there In 1774, by Captain
James Harrod, from whom the place takei
its name.
The Salem Qnd.) Democrat says; "a mum
Der Of old topers about town were consider
ably riled upon seeing their nPmes posted Ia
oil the drug stores and saloons, with order
from the township trustees not TO let thon
have intoxicating liquors OF any kind. True
blood Is threatened with suit for forgery
not having been authorized by any OF th'
! parties to place their signatures to the afore
said Instrument
! THE Southern Presbyterian assembly ad
journed without taking any action toward
respondent OF the 81. Louis Democrat, writ
: Ing from the assembly on the eve Of their ad
! journment last Friday, said the general sen
: tlmont Of the majority was clearly In favo
Of uniting with the Dutch Reformed Churc
: rather than with any other body OF Prcsbyte
rians,
IT I.intsrcsting to notice man OF tende
corns on croquet ground. He will stan,
around, always In the way, until some sunny
haired maiden croquets on his pet toe, an
then he will throw his mallet wildly anon
the players and go waltzing of on ono le
among the shrubbery, choking himself blac
i In the face with exclamations he dare no
= and murmur; "Oh, Mr.. F, did ne
, mean to-"
4 THE Langham hotel, London, Is fall {
; raw Americans. Il Is the only hotel In thu
3 city where, though no. guest, you may pal
: In and out without explaining TO the ha
= porter who you are, what you are, where 20
0 come from, or what you want. fon ma
Q there enter and retire without giving yor
!. pedigree; naturalization papers or ce
!, tlhcate Of good character. At other Eng
= lish hotels Something analogous to this
: commonly required.
Il IT is STATED that q company has bee
Q formed In New York, with ample capital,
Q run 'news train" from New York TO Il
9 West, BY means OF which the New Yoi
d daily papers would be delivered from two
six hours earlier at the various statlor
. between that city and Chicago. The con
9 pany are to pay the Pennsylyanla railroa
= e50,000 year for the train, which will col
y sist Of two cars, and carry no passengers e.
Z cept the necessary folders and delivery me
= In THE JARDIS pEs PLANTEs, at Paris, Q
r elephant has been turned ont Of his house
/ allow Of chase Of the rats which deyour,
- his food. Tho rats ran about In all dire
il tons, and while tho elephant was stoopli
4 TO pick up q morsel OF bread which one
y the crowd had thrown him, rat, fancyiI
"A he saw means OF escape, took refuge In u
"a interior Of his trunk. The elephant ma
N frantic efforts 10 relieve himself Of his unwl
n come visitor, but In vain. Suddenly
II paused, and seemed TO reflect. Then he we
IL to his basin, 1llled his trunk with water, an
amidst the great excitement OF the le0kC
\, on, elected the water and the unfortunate I
II with one sublime effort.
re CHOLERA, which had dwelt for ccnturi
In the regions Of the Ganges, broke out
70 Calcutta as an epidemic nearly sixty yeI
lg ago. In 1890 IL slew lb0 900 persons In Boz
d bay. year later II had followed the rive
L - A.. .s,al. ln.n Darafa ArahIa and A.