National Republican., 1876-11-27

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8 Count Won Arnim.
Samuel Lovely, OF Bangor, has ius
been divorced from Emma Lovely. Every
thing has not been Lovely in that family eYi
IDENTIFY. -
Suoops says If you wish to recolIec
mans name go security for his house rent
tor keePiBg your memory fresh there is moth
ing like this plan.
An arithmetical peace maker fipur,.
lively suggests to the politicians: ''Phis Is :
tine vt2 per s ing. Let US be l country
and people at 10y-rate."
Great griefs beget the loGliest musings.
John Howard Payne's immortal song OF
Home Sweet Home" was erystallized out OF
the paDSs Of rejected love.
Alexandra, the great glove maker.
made 81 ,50s, 600 in the business. His work
was to manufacture the gloves from the kid
SKINS which AT. Stewart furnished him.
"A butcher in Columbia county, in cut
ting up beef, found a piece of hoopskirt
wire, four inches il length, In its Aesh on the
ribs. 1t is supposed the OK must have sgaI-
lowed a woman. -.
| - The Tribune says; Tweed came I'd
the bay yesterday pls9ing a quiet game of
soh.aire." Good gracioasi After ffty DAYS
of ocean yoyaging hadn't the poor man had
salt air enoughl
4 uA4so I1Hmd AOUOlI udB DIOkeQ her
| engagement with Mapleson on simply religious
grounds, her refusal to sing In "TraVtataT and
"Don Juan" ON the ground of their unre-
peutanc immortality.
| (which side Of the street do you live
| on, Mrs. Ripple ~ asked a counsel cross-ex-
| amining Witness. "On either side sir. If
you go one way, it's on the right side; If you 20
the other, It's on the left"
| The London Telegraph tells story of
young Frerehmsn named Georges Msrtt-
nengo, who has just proved his claim to an
inheritance Of sT5, 100000, which for some
years has been In the custody of the Dutch
Government. .- r.. D.. y
Dom Pedro, in company with DR..
Schliemsnn, has been exsmining the excaya-
tions at Troy. The Doctor writes: HI am quite
at q loss to say which assonfshed me more, the
emperors deep learning or his really wonier-
! full memory"
Miss Adelina Patti returned to Paris
from her rapid tournee i'm the provinces az
| triumphant as it was brief She sang only in
three cities, aud only four times in all, but
these concerts have brought IN the enormous
sum of S11 900.
MIR. Coutanche, the deputy governor Of
I Jersey jail, England, was lately dismissed at a
moments notice by the prison board, who dis
covered that he was in the habit of cutting
| down the prisoners rations in order to obtain
II AoSu AOA AAo NOSo duu 4Onlos
+ Louis Napoleon said of Cardinal An
tonelh that he was worthyt to be the sue.
cessor of Richelieu. Delightful in o drawing
room, charming as Talleyrsnd with the ladies.
naughty to interiors, of commanding presence,
with an eagle eye-a man who knew his
power and was not afraid to use is.
They had been engaged long time,
aad one evening were reading the paper to-
gether. "Look, love-" he exclaimed, "onIy
fo- 80 IL
suit !" she asked, looking naiyely at her lover
''Oh, NO !" he replied; at Is business suis.'
'Wellrl 1 meant business" she replied!
"A party of loungers in front of a
Cleveland store were startled by thesisht of a
negro crashing down through board awning
to the sidewalk. He had one pocket full of
eggs, another full ef butter and his arms full
OF hams. He had been caught stealing, and
has jumped out of third story window.
Mrs. Arsminta Maria jenkins, of
Smhhburg, Indiana, who went to the Csnten-
nial and Washington and "shuek hanlis'y with
the "Prezzydent" last summer, will be mad
when she reads that "now that the rush of
Centennial pilgrims Is over, the carpets in the
White Heuse are being put down again.
yesterday was the first real stormy,
sleety, frigid herald Of winter we have had,
and patriotic men stayed In the house and felt
thankful thst they were not born In, the psImy
face the wfntry storm, clad in breeches that
didn't make connection with their shoes by
twelve or fourteen inches.
- 0ae friend to another, who has lust
returned FROM trip to Europe 'iDid' you
enjoy your European tour 90 every much,
indeed HDd you call on any of the big
ones "a AYES, I called on two queens one
evening"" stCslled on two oueens9 was r.
pleassss atfairP' ''No, not very; for after I
called found the other chap had three kings"
The cable announces the death at
Genoa, Italy, yesterday, of the Duke di Gal
hera. He was great lover of Genoa, and had
sn ambition to make it greater port than
MarseilIes- In order to accomplish this end
he gave p, 1000 900 of francs to the city, and
laid out system of wharves which will equal
anything of the kind in the world when COM
pleted.
AT Texas baby show it was long
time before any one could be found to act as a
judge. Finally five brave men we're found to
act on condition that the awards should nat
be announced until the judges hnd ten minutes
the start. The mothers sat in circle, babies
pared notes, handed the resuG to the spokes-
man and ran for their lives.
He came back to his mother looking
very forlorn, with a big, red swelling under his
left eye, and four or five haadfuls of torn shirt
boiling over his breeches band. "Why, where
on earth have you been" she asked. "Me
and Johnny's been playinf. He played he was
pirate, and played was duke. Then he
put on airs, and l got mad, and ayes,
yes," !" interrupted the mother, her eyes fash
ing; "and you didn't fsnch?" sEND, mother;
but the pirate lieked.'e
- Frank Whetts, colored man of Al
legheny City, maintains that he isthe oldest
person at present in existence. Ee has GER
tifcate of birth parporting to show that he
was born on January 16, 1863, thus making
him nearly one hundred and afteen years Of
age at the presen: TIM. He is, of course, very
feeble, but he 5 able to converse very intelli-
gently, and can read without difficulty. He
sleeps a great deal. He has never used to-
bacco In any form during hs long life, aRd the
taste Of spirituous liquor. has been unknown
to him. .r.' r...
- Philadelphia is dangerous place for
impecInious strangers The grand jury has
reported the cases Of three men found in
Moyamensing prison. against whom no charges
were pending. They were unfortunates seek
ing employment, who had applied at the
station-house for lodgings, and the next morn
ing were committed to prison by the police
magistrates in default of S:3a0 bail to appear
at court, no term being mentioned, They had
been guilty Of no offense, unless 1t was ofen-
sive to seek such lodging place. The grand
jury in some way became informed of the
facts, and upon their presentation the men
have been released, and are now probably in
the hands Of Philadelphia lawyers seeking re-
dress. -...L .l
p. ,.....r.- PHARIsEE AND sADDUCEE.
To church the two together went,
Both, doubtless, on devotion bent.
The parson preached with fluent ease
On Pharisees and Sadducees;
And as they homeward slowly walked
The lovers on the sermon talked.
And he-he deeply loved the maid
In soft and tender accents said,
Darling, do you not think that We
Are Pharisee and Sadducee?n
She flashed on him her bright black eyes,
In one swim look of vexed surprise,
And then he hastened to aver
He was her constant worshiper.
"But, Mary, insist said he,
"That you are very fair, see;
know you don't care much for me,
And that makes me sad, you see-"
FOR THE LADIES.
-l.1 WE CETT TIE