National Republican., 1876-11-29
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fearful example of the Fayagts OF blighted
| affection. ....
| -Bsy,lrd Ts5lor now regrets his rash
championship Of mothers iaAaw. BE writes
the spectacle of walteyed woman armed
with an umbrella and a pair Of spectacles has
become per feet horror TO me-"
| -A Scotc.hman complained to another
| that he had got rigging in hfs head. "Do
| you ken the res lson o. thatP asked the crony.
'No." 'Tn tell ye; IT'S because It's empty"
"And ha'sye ne YER a ringing in your head p'
guoth the other; No. never "a,lai And 90 you
! -Neigh5or a1mes 20 see baby and ad
| dresses patriotic mothe-: "Well, what shall
| / call it, Samuel Jones Tlden or Ruther-
| ford Burcharf Hx.vesp Patriotic Mother
"Neither, yet; wen visiting on that Louisi-
ana Returning. Boal d before naming It, and,
| after all, 1t may be a little fraud or bull
| dozer."
The champion Centennial correspond.
lent has been discovered. Els card reads as
follows s--, Ce ntennial correspondent
| of the United States an 4 Foreign Press Asso-
ciation," and that carl actually, bears the
name of seveDty-ap-S Centennial number
newspapers for which tha man Is special cor
respondent. ..
"A London cor-espon dent who recently
visited the Empress ERTenie says: 't5he
looked the model Of an elt giant, Eell-dressed
woman and little more, her tall SIP of a son
standing BY her side, lookh ig, perhaps, more
like her brother than her son, for misfortunes
and reverses have certainly not aged her hand
some face"
The restoration of Salisbury Cathedral
IN England has cost thus far S2S0, 500 exclu-
siye OF the reredos, the cfgan and tie choir
screens, which were special gifts. The COM
pletion Of the nave and north porch win cost.
aPcOrfiDrr Sir( Iba- aef;,
S44 COO, of which half has been subscribed
ThsDeaD ofSalisbury generously gave $4,000.
Another monster hotel has been
erected in San Francisco, which is knoWn as
"The Baldwin" 1t is said to be superior even
to the famous Palace Hotel. The silver plate
for the new hotel has been furnished By
Tiffany & Co., of Union square, and is remark
reputation of the firm and of the very finest
modern hotel.
-Arenowned clergyman lately preached
rather long sermon from the text, "Thou art
weighed in the balance and found wanting"
After the congregation had listened about an
hour, some began to get weary and went out;
others soon followed, greatlyto the annoyance
of the minister. Another person started,
whereupon the parson stopped in his sermon,
and said, That's right, gentlemen; as fast as
you are weighed pass out"
"A pretty anecdote is told of Queen
Victoria and Mendelssohn. A short time be-
fore bis death, visiting at the palace, he sat
down to the piano and played accomplishments
while the Queen sang some of his songs.
When he rose to go the Queen asked what she
could do for him. Instead of asking any posi-
tion or emClument as her majesty perhaps ex-
pected, he expressed wish to see the nur-
sery, and they spent pleasant hour in talk
ing about the children.
-Bslzac, the French novelist, at one
portion of his strange career did this work of
three men. He slept in the afternoon, and then
wrote from seven in the evening to seven In
the morning. "One must turn out COPY all
night" he said, s'to reach the'results at which
AIM" The aim was to cover as much paper
as possible. He undertook to furnish 37S col
umns for the papers in one. month. Coffee
was stimulant for awhile, but it lost its
effect, and his nervous system became disor-
dered.
Hon. Robert c. Winthrop is one of
the few men now living who can claim per-
sonal intimacy with Daniel Webster. In Mr..
Winthrop's address at the unwilling of the
Webster statue he speaks of being in the
crowd that listened with admiration to the
Grafton on laying the corner stone of Bunker
Hill Monument, and to the splendid eulogy on
Adams and Jefferson in Faneuil Hall. Mr..
Winthrop was a student in the law Office of
the Great Expounder, and from 1910 to 1850
was associated with him in Congress.
"A well-known bald headed banker,
who always prides himselfon being a selEmade
man, during a recent talk with q friend had
occasion TO remark that he was the architect
of his own destiny-that he was o self-made
man. hat d-did you say" asked the
friend, who suffers. 'I say with pride that
am q selfmade man-that / made myself"
replied the banker. "Then while you were
m NJ making YOURSELF" stammered his friend
''why the dickens d-didn's you p-put some
more h-hair on the t-top Of your h-he ?"
Mr.. TeDnyson is sixty years old
and in his prime of thought and capacity for
work. He is six feet in height, broad should
dered and large-boned, but not stout. His
hands and feet are enormous. His face is long
and somewhat resembles that of Dante, save
that he has not the rigid mold and expression
of the great Florentine and the nose Is not so
aquiline. His hair is long and very black, his
complexion olive. He Is 8 sufferer every year
from hay fever. Buchanan Read once called
him ''dlapidated Jupiter" But there is
very little dilapidation about the author of
"Locksley Hail."
Among the London visitors at Paris
some years ago was fashionable halter aud
his daughters. He had splendid apartments,
and gave grand entertainments to all those he
could get to go to them. His magnifcence
gained him the soubriquet of the "Prince of
Felt" He gave his card to everybody he met,
duu uOp(u u nave bHc uOuOI VI SccluR Luctll
the ddnSant. The ''Prince of Felt" was intro
duced to gentleman on the BouleVards, and
presented his card with the usual formula
when the other wiekedly replied, "Thank you
Mr.. B., ! have got your address in my hat"
The Parisians are in raptures with
their homms a den1 boLeles oman with two,
mouths) and his doctor. He had inadyer-
tently swallowed dose of concentrated po-
tassium, which burned the throat and made
the Introduction of food impossible. When
he was at the point Of death from starvation
they took him to DIR. Verneuil at the Pitie
hospital, who made an incision in the side Of
the stomach, and introduced rubber tube,
thus giving his patient second mouth. The
operation was successful; through the injected
food the dying man rallied rapidly, and be-
fore long his doctor hopes to be able to restore
the natural viaduct for the reception of food
An anxious parent residing in the
country, who was somewhat doubtful of his
sons prosperity in the city, wrote, inquiring
how much money he was saving, and received
a reply that the young man cleared over all
expenses S2.G5 per day. Being still In doubt,
the father wrote for particulars rs to, how he.
did it. The youth replied that he hung
around all saloons watching for Htreats," and
in this way got one hundred drinks q day,
worth, at ten cents drink, SO. He has no
expense for lodgings, as the police invariably
arrested him, and the next incoming the court
lined him $3.50, Whlch, suotracted from wv
left just S2.65.
The unfortunate ex- Empress Charlotte,
of Mexico, who at present is cared for in 8
castle near Brussels, is or pretends to be per-
fectly obliyious of everything or everybody
around her, and holds conversations only with
imaginary persons. When the Belgian King
and Queen visit her she first gazes. at them
distractedly and then turns her back to them.
Her distate to society Is so great that she will
not even permit her maid to dress her. Her
memory rega, ding some things is. nevertheless
remarkable. On cartain days she orders her
bath to be got ready; this she does by writing
an order on slip Of paper and laying It where
it will be seen; If her request is not attended
to, the order Will be repeated in the same
manner and attention called to the neglect.
AT o'clock in the morning the pro-
prietor of small saloon put down the cur
tains, locked the door, and was walking OF,
when he was hailed by q policeman. The
saloon keeper crossed the street to the officer
ard saids "Dot blace is closed up for voa
week." "What's the matter % said the officer.
srWell, / giant stand such foolings aroundt.
In de first blace a man comes IN and says:
We'll, Dilden is elected, and he kicks ofer the
chairs. Putty soon comes anudder man in,