National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-01

cure quarters Tor themselves in advance OF the
rest of the animal kingdom.
Ex-senator Upton, with hair erect, will
stump Ohio for the Democracy. He is the
tip of ton whose weight in politics is eI-
ceedingly light.
Judge Thurman appears to the public In
does not even know what pitiful and ludi-
crous circus he Is making Of himself. q
Mr.. Welsh, violent accuser Of those who
have befriended him, owner Of mortgages on
Cuban shores, and, 9 christian gentleman, Ell
Strange terms TO mingle harmoniously.
A green back was worth only SIX cents
yesterday, still one of them would purchase
peaches enough to run up 8 fifty dollar doc
tors bill and secure an undertaker's account
In the bargain. -r
The Duluth Tribune consoles Its readers
with the fact, that there will be considerable
cord wood cut around about the town during
the coming winter, but otherwise the place
win be as dull as the back Of an axe.
-Ifthe evidences of paralysis lingering like
q gloomy pail about the left optic of Samuel
Tilden units THAT gentleman for the Presi-
uCuC1y nuCIC uOCo buC Olu BLUM VI o yOeA VI
more ago place Henry Wilson in the ranks Of
presidential aspirantsl
A woman at Hamilton, Canada, has just
been arrested for the two hundred and thirty
eighth time. "Mary," said his honor, 81 shall
send you up for sixty days. "If 1t is agree
able to the Court, 1 would like to have you
postpone this matter" said Mary, "until can
shoot that hat of mine, and get another"
Alexander H. Stephens locks arms with
Pendleton & Co. for imitation. Alex. should
be careful; he is treading on dangerous groundss
Ten chances to one Iif he imbibes imitation too
freely that he will 60 up and be lost to our
beautiful earth forever. He has to take in
ballast regularly now to keep himself on terra
frma.
Enough Spanish soldiers have already
found rest under the green sward of Cuba to
form procession, single file, that would take
nearly one week In passing given point. In
the face of this fact, Vslmesads, has just bled
the wealthy spanisrds of the island, for the
purpose Of raising sum sufficient to equip and
transport to Cuban shores, ten thousand more
miserable men to become food for the worms.
Many Southern journals are complaining
bitterly, that the North fails to meet the over
lures of the South for reconciliation, by usher
ing Jefferson Davis to q back seat, and re-
questing him to remain quiet. In this respect
the South will ever find the North firm and
positive in its action, for like wise people who
have been imposed upon once, they will guard
diligently their interest, so that no repetition
OF the searching curse may ever occur again.
When William Allen was upon the earth
before, it is rumored that he told Noah that no
young man of high and lofty aspirations should
think of linking his fortunes With politics, but
now in his second advent, the old gentleman,
In an answer to the report that he
would withdraw from the political arena,
cries withdraw! Why, sir, if was In the
last stages of consumption, and it could be
calculated to a certainty that would die
within two days after election, I would not
withdraw. would remain on the track for
the good Of the party. A withdrawal means
defeat. Such a thought never entered my
head. 1 intend to fight the battle right
through and be elected-to stay at home"
Mysteries, when will they cease. This
time It is baby in the woods near Reading,
Pennsylvania. 1t hangs itself near the top of
tree in basket, and sobs bitterly until 1t at
tracts the attention of some passer-by, when
1t will suddenly disappear from view. It can
not be the Rag-baby, because Judge Kelly
was passing that article around among his
auditors in Detroit, but few nights ago, beg
ging them to ''kiss the child for your country's
sake"
There are thousands Of men in the South
who need this sound advice from the Rich
mond Wing: "To the hundreds of thousands
of descendants of high but broken down fami-
lies that are now bewailing their hard lot, we
say, 60 TO work To recruit and restore your
fortunes and your rank and prestige, do what
your ancestors did to establish them-go to
work. In these days all honest work Is re-
spectacle" If they would heed this there
would be less of those bloodless instructions
and more OF genuine prosperity.