National Republican., 1876-01-12

AIfCLss still insists on having his mother at
home, tut the heartless little wretch never
says word about his father.
The telegraph says that Tweed was seen
yesterday in Havana and Montreal. We
can I Havana faith in such an impossibiity.
Austria is preparing to occupy Bosnia, in
fact has already pushed large military force
across its borders. This has set Russia to
thinking seriously, and Germany spurs her
self into activity, and taken all in all the in
gradients of war are mixing faster than patient
peace desires.
The New York Srat says that preparations
for war between Spain and this country are
going on" Going on to where! If prepara-
tiOns for war are going on the people of these
United States would like to know where they
are going on to. But the S'0, never viii! tell
The half il knows.
len Hill says that the South forgives the
North for what i. did to it during the war.
This is refreshing. The North with about as
much grace can thank the South for the
S3,C0N, ,OCO, ,OCO national debt, the lUO, 900 pen
sioGcrs, Tie 2C0, ,OCU widows and orphans and
our JT,C eco slain.
Mr.. Bcrgh says a man has no right to
throw a coal-hod at a singing cat. Mr.
Bergh has our best respects: but the very
next feline that attempts to sing Come
Where My Love Lies Dreaming under our
window, or any other sentimental and noisy
song, the coal-hod is hers, and that's meant.
It is said that Won Bulow play cd so sweetly
In Brooklyn the other evening that the rats
left their dark hiding places and came forth
upon the rostrum, apparently charmed with
the melody Of sound. One ofthe audience says,
and he appears to be man of truth, that an
old bald headed rat smiled, nodded an approy-
ing nod and clapped ap-paws.
Mr.. Hill spoke under great restrain. ycslcr-
day. If he had come out frankly and said
the North was wrong, the South right: the
Lost Cause is not lost; the Government mus.
pay for those slaves; Congress must pension
the Confederate soldiers; the Southern war
debt must be paid; the Grays are on deck now,
with fiddle in hand, and the North must
dance, he would have given uttcrance to the
genuine feelings of his heart.
An animated strife is in progress between
the Frence war Office and the legal authorities
on the question of mustaches. An officer must
wear Cne, and a barrister is strictly forbidden
the privilege. In the fight it seems reasona-
bic to believe that the barristers have the
vantage ground. A man can very readily
keep mustache from growing out by cutting
it off, but it is very difficult to make one grow
when nature is not inclined that way. This
great question will be debated at full assem-
bly,.
The editor of the Cincinnati EHqtirer was
asked the other day whether he thought the
resumption act would be repealed or not, and
he put his doubled knuckles down on his edi-
torial desk and exclaimed ''Repealed. Re-
pealed Why don't you ask me can 4 duck
swim: OF course it will be repealed, else
there is no justice or judgment on this spheri-
cal footstool and no common sense in the
House." and he dipped his pen into the paste
box and swore because it did not write black
The toads, wasps, honey bees and mosquitoes
which had got the impression that spring had
conc by the warm rays of the sun last week,
and commenced camping out in the open air,
were caught up by the cold snap and frozen SO
stiffiy that it will require July heat to recupe-
rate their animation. By that time the mes
quitos will have a supply of foreign m aterial
that will make their mouths water on which
they can make up for lost time. Consolation
can be drawn from great many sources.
Men will be ambitious. In the Cabinet of
France there are two who, not being satisfied
with their present exalted positions, are dill
gently working for seats in the Senate, and a
crisis in the ministry, owing to the opposition
of President Mcmahon TO their ambitious de-
signs, is daily expected. The Conservative
journals of France look upon the rupture with
grave apprehensions, owing to the general un-
settled condition of Europe and the particu-
larIy rufficd situation of affairs on the penin-
sula.
Holiday time has passed; the Christ mas tree
has Leen stripped OF its bright and CHEEKY
dressings, and its greenness has faded and
leaves fallen: the small boy once more
puts on the study-harness and plods
his way merrily to school. The business
OF the new year has commenced in
earnest Many resolutions have been made
and many already broken. The average Con
gresham has rolled up his sleeves, determined
to make a record. The President-maker is
becoming as lively as a cricket, the Centen-
niaI Uushcr bppius IN overfow and the Eirrinia