National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-28
ETHIOPIAN IorrInas.

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- The rain king must have forgotten some
thing for he is back here again In all his damp
ening ardor. lur7 agH &c H.ErE.E
-Four hundred Ku-klux and twenty
churches in Franklin County, ILL.,, are strug-
Cling for the mastery. ia Hs..~ .rrI
A correspondent wants to know which
MELONS are the most eaten-water or musk
The majority use musk. r.r -.4-...-.
The young editor with powerful mind at
tached, calls pony beer an item, and stove
pipe displayed head article.
Sam Cary Is booked for thirty-nine
speeches next month in Ohio, and twill be the
most distressed country that ever you did see.
- The Brooklyn Argus, In an editorial head
line, says, How TO clear out Criminals" but
an intelligent reader might read the editorial
over twice without ascertaining what the ma
ture Of the cathsrtic lie.
1t is q notorious fact that the fragrant and as
yet UNPUBLISHED acts Of lawlessness and yam
dalism which have so long disgraced William
son and jackson counties, Illinois, are In the
strongholds OF the Democracy. %
Assistant Secretary Cowan has sent
another annihilating missiye into Camp Welsh
which thoroughly explodes the magazine of
charges which the commander of that estab-
lishment constructed few days since. w
The only thing respecting farming that
Jefferson Davis really knows anything about
is in regard to the five hundred thousand little
farms, measuring six feet by two, which he
gave to our martyred dead.
The news from San Francisco yesterday
sent tremuloHs threb through Wall street
which quickened the circulation of the Bears
and Bulls for nearly an hour, and then passed
away, leaving everything nearly in statu quo.
- The Cox stock is rising, but as the coun
try is not inclined to allow New York both the
President and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, it is feared that Sunset will
Honest Sam.
1t may be that the Pennsylvania Demo
Gratis will run Ex-Governor William Bigler for
Governor, but some recent local expressions do
not look like 1t. The Harrisburg Democrats
day before yesterday refused to instruct their
delegates for Bigler.
"A Western newspaper says that the devil
has reserved several choice seats for those
who write communications to newspapers with
a lead pencil. Yes, and he makes them &C.
cupy them too If they persist in writing on
both sides of the paper.
Poor Ecuador sleeps under the shadows of
the dark ages. She seems to be proof against
modern ideas. Her people are without sew
ing machines, newsboys, lightning rod, book
agents, and grasshopper sufferers. Wretched
Republic you scarcely realize what 1t is to live.
The gentleman of aristocratic appearance
who slipped upon peach skin in front of the
willard House yesterday, says the occultations
of Jupiter are going on all right, but he is of
the opinion that Venus had better go home to
her mother if she has any desire to escape
scandal and general gossip.
The Maine Republicans are rousing to do
their duty in the election, September Is, that
Republicans may everywhere be encouraged
by the ''news from Maine" Senator Morton
has taken the stump, speaking first in Port
land, night before last, and supported by Gen.
Stewart L. Woodford, of New York.
If Lafayette were living he would look
upon the GOODNESS and apathy which the
American Government exhibits towards the
struggling patriots Of Cuba, as base iigrati-
tude TO himself and the other defenders of
Liberty and the oppressed who helped US lift
the British yoke and step into freedom.
New Hampshire wants a new constitu
ton, and the Concord Monitor suggests the
following changes
suiumn, and biennial legislative sessions ssaa.
% mere psIil.In Majority 10 The IsElsiatsfs can
snI d party Legislature whose np psBslsf
trench shall rot creed Two hundred members,
We want eihsi skibssi, bui ihsis are ehIsff ''"
III love the principles Of cancellation and
desire 10 see warm and genial friendship on
listing between the North and South, bu, gan
tiemeB, did not lose two brothers In the con.
hiet, nor did ] sacrifice that right arm, nor do
carry bullet IN my chest oil for the sake of
having the privilege OF listening 10 the agrIeul.
tuTal teachings Of the arch traitor whose
damnable course brought these Affections
upon me''-And then the Wlnnebago citizen
put lis wooden hand into bis coat pocket and
separated from the crowd.
And now Mr.. TIce comes forward with his
theories and representations, and startlss
the nervous portion of the community quite
out of their patent feathers and calfskins, by
frightfHl prophecies Of cataclysms, cyclones,
and earthquakes, which are to break in upon
the quiet dullness of the times and throw Us
into state Of chaos and ruin. These terrible
events will be directly caused by the caprices
Of Jupiter while in the immediate presence of
Venus. 1t is always the way with those old
fellows, they never can be in the presence of
pretty girl five minutes without cutting up
some Dido that throws the community into
futter.
- There is new turn In the Ohio cam
paign. Judge Taft's speech at Cleveland, on
Monday night, was occupied solely with the
presentation Of his views on the school ques-
ton. This increased the popular interest in
the subject, and many of the Republican news
papers followed IN the discussion. This speech
and the comments upon it, together with the
publication Of letter in the Tribune on the
same subject, the Cincinnati Enquirer de-
nounces in double lead as flank movement
by the Republicans, who foresee defeat on the
money issue, and seek to save themselves by
appeals TO religious prejudlces. This and
other rag-money journals announce their firm
purpose of holding the campaign to the money
is probably good deal like the
Irishman in battle who couldn't leave his
prisoner because his prisoner wouldn't let him
go.
f" When blackguard abuses you to the ex-
haustion of the vocabulary of Billingsgate,
pity him, my son, )" said q venerable sage, ad-
dressing fiery youth whom he was endeayor-
ng to dissuade from inilicting personal chas-.
isement upon bully; e. but do not iniure
hin personally except in defense from bodily
injury, for the Scriptures assure US that the
alone is injured by his utterances.
For say unto you, It is that which eometh
put of the mouth which defleth
The man. Curses, like young chickens,
come home TO roost. They neither hurt
nor defle those against whom they are uttered.
Let calling of evil names, bearing of
false witness, tattling, libellng, slandering,
&c., not disturb you. II innocent, the purity
Of your life viii be your sure defence. The
ID soon found out and no one
then believes him. While he rolls scandal AZ
a sweet fnorsel under his tongue and cannot