National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-14
ALL SORTS.

Tie Metropolitan hotel Lincoln, Nsb, has the
Lords Prayer printed entire on its daily bill Of
fare.
Switzerland has a cremation society. When
the first meeting Is held all the members Will,
doubtless, be ready TO go to Bernie.
The State geologist OF Wisconsin is said to have
received his appointment on the understanding
that he shall find gold in some portion Of the
State.
THE Lord never meant for us to bile over with
religion this cold weather. said Duluth dea-
con as he dismissed church and went home to hug
the stove.
No more coins for the Pope are to be made at
an honest penny, will turn them out for the Pope
or any one else.
Softly! Softly 1t is announced that Isabella
will no: return e. to Spain On no! Only in July,
there 'to visit her son"-if he sticks.
A German savant recommends q weak solution
Of camphor for watering house plants. He re-
vegetation as alcohol does to the animal system.
The Cincinnati Times says the that S. R. Reed,
the wicked partner OF Deacon Richard Smith. IL
name AT ssntimeptaI0 pTetty and pIe1sDF 'e But
how Ill IL suits such wicked mani
Colonel Hoffman, the new Secretary Of Legs
tion at London, was presented at Court on Feb:
ruary p. The levee was held by the Prince Of
Wales, but by command OF the Queen such pre-
sentation is considered equivalent to presenta-
tion to Her Majesty.
Men Of the Alpine clubs ind there is so little
pose TO carry some with them In bags. Perhaps,
therefore, there is more oxygen IN low places, and
this accounts Tor the Impulse OF average human
ity to go that way.
In Switzerland, in the Canton of UrI, the con-
dtion Of the snow is such that isolated villages
will be blocked up till July unless there is an I'M
usually early thaW. "Souls are ripened in the
northern sky" but people had better have them
half ripe than live there.
Gen. Judson Fitzpatrick Indignantly repeIs an
attack made upon him BY correspondent. Of tho
Cincinnati Enquirer, and the euIIOr m X n ant
mOusly says: IF It will be any qualification to
the General he may, with our leave, take satis-
faction out Of any Enquirer correspondent he may
find"
Fancy what the empire did for France. Before
the suspicious period OF Its advent womau's hair
was worth only four francs a pound. Now the
commonest article is worth hfty-tWo francs .
pound, and sometimes q single head Of high quail
ity is worth two thousand francs. NvsPEnPire.
In one Of the English military prisons there is
o man who has deserted eight times. He could
neither live out Of the army nor in II. Every time
he deserted he enlisted in some other regiment
except once that he took to the water and became
marine. Whenever he found desertion monot-
onous he surrendered himself to some one Of his
former regiments and accepted the punishment
Pipe-en- Bois, an eccentric Republican, once .
favored acolyte Of Gsmbetta, has been "lnVited"
by the authorities to leave Belgium. The reason
for this attention Is that when on the day Of the
marriage of the Princess Royal, the King came
out upon the balcony Of the Royal Palace, while
the outside multitude cheered him, Pipe-en- Bots,
who was on the top Of an omnibus, Missed at His
Majesty.
The thieves Of Europe, more progressive than
the politicians, have united the several countries
in species Of confederacy that recognizes no ma
tIonai frontiers and steals In every language.
Theft is much more progressive than pure poll
tics, and perhaps the true cause why We are 50
far ahead Of all other nations is. that all our pol
itieians are half thieves and half thieves are
politicians.
A pleasant prospect: Traveller I'm Irelsnd)
'Hi-;pull her up, man; Don't you see the mare q
'onour, for yer life don't touch the fsinS.sHfe
they're as rotten as pears. I'll turn her head
Il: 5 5ysf a The STSg S'0" here
A young lady Of Danbury whose company Is
much priEed by an enterprisng merchant took
charge Of class Of little girls the other Sunday.
they wished to ask her any questions she would
answer them. "Will you answer true 2" asked
ar EWsi tSen," said he little one, RssitStHTig
"do-do you love Mr.. b" The teacher collapsed.
"Your young friend stayed uncommonly late
last night, and was quite inclined to come into
the parlor and dismiss him, said an indulgent
father to his pet Of sixteen. "Oh, yes, it was
pretty late; but got so interested in discussing
TituaIism that did not notice the estIng hours
the father, and then he walked slowly away, with
his hands under bis coat skirts trying TO remem-
Der what they called It when he was young.
Bishop Ames tells Q story Of slave master In
Missouri in the oIden time Of negro Vassslage,
| who said to his chatteI: "Pompey, hear you are
great 1Oms,,ms. w. o P6% OTG 40 d HS
you think the negroes steal little things on the
| plantation ~ "l'se mighty 'fraid they does,
mafsa." "Then, Pompey, want you to preach
a sermon to the negroes against stealng.n After
| maara dat won't do, cause 'tWould throw such =
| col'ness over the meetin'."
The fraudulent gong, which can be held in the
| palm Of the hand and rung by street railway
| Conductor, device invented 20 "best" the bell
punch, has been introduced in Boston. The super
| fntendent Of the Metropolitan street railway Of
| that city detected conductor using the traudu-
lent instrument and the latter confessed that he
| had procured the gong from one Noyes. Just ~
he had made the confession Noyes himself entered
the once and applied for place rs conductor when
| he was Immediately arrested, and three Of the
| gongs were found in his pocket. He had been
/ selling them TO conductors Tor 60 each.