National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-27
MISCELLANY.

Tho owner Of . gamblins-hoy al No
naco has seut a check for HO.QOJ towAfd building
The unfinished tower OF the Church Of No,re Dame,
very strong and have no seams, aid can be tossed
any distance by baggage smashcrs and not be In.
iufcd, They come In all color, aud ore quite
handsome.
Jennie June says that In tho dress circles
OF English theatres no woman appears IN bonnet
e"e can do a cs g rhs @cn tho S,t
ttciy IN American t thessrcs' "'s sue" 'e''"
AT the reception given to General Grant
al the residence % Minister Pletrepont In London.
miserable wretch Of plebian. who had only
nise titles. spsaLed in among the di.,inrlished
company. When his name was announced the
company waited fot the rest Of his titles and when
the usher shut Of a! the ninth the interloper was
promptly side'tracked
First Lady-"Asparagus will soon be as
70 include !, in the menu. It's too quite too shame;
f,il to make II so quite vulsafly commonly cheap"
fully terribly fcsfiniiy quito TOO 50 guile shock.
ingly awful TO SO quite Too much As contemplate"
London FIN.
The head Of one Of the Oldest families in
England has barticaded himself in a room near
He has adopted the practice Of ordering new pair
Of l0ot every day hole has been made in the
to get the measure foot Is thrust out but the shoe
| maker never secs his customers face.
Russia has scnt the Emperor Of Japan
| MAGNIFICENT vase, 90 that whom the pious Aicnsn-
der or his dsyoui successor shall be N condition
ne s%ps $s' s VIII as"f sy
ss tea ssfSen fhe caomis e eSd a Of he rned
| got into China
Among recent Innovations In the British
Army are zen new helmeS The material Is Of FEY,
| mont, consisting Of a star surmountcd by crown,
with the royal motto surrounding the regimcntal
| small brass scale chain above the peak, which
gives the helmet light and handsome Appearance
There Is neck piece behind, and the peak Is ofthc
| Prussian shape.
| -Gottlieb Lerchenmier went from Ohio to
California Ave years ago to seek fortune, leaving
girl behind him who was to wait faithfully until
full in his struggle for wealth, and this spring hsy
| ing accumulated sio,OO0, he returned to Ohio to
marry his sweetheart He did not marry her. how.
ever, for she was already the wife Of another man
Gottlicb was broken hearcd, He went back to
sacramento and committed suicide.
| "A fne-looking and agreeable old gentle.
Of s S his
grasped his hand little suspected, however his
aniecedents;; His name was Hans frIech From
lin. During that period executions were still per.
formed with an az, and Friech showed wonderful
denterity In ehopping on head, at blow Hs
| wore mourning gloves. In the latter year having
accumulated moderate fortune he resigned and
| as he was Stunned like leper In Berlin he re-
sorted TO the French capital.
| We learn OF piucky woman living nea
Tarbor, Iowa. She 4 a widow, living on u farm r
and when the Northwestern lightning rod men
Ss ihe If an % for Pa to
rod on the wing. She did not want a rod there,
and told them 20, but they insisted on putting Il
| up, and did put Il up. Then they came In and
wanted the lady to sign the note for payment Of
The whole: She refused to do so: when they began
her. Then she picked up sick Of wood and hit
one Of them acrus the face; The other came to
woman prhsented a shot. gun, and the fellow len.
While the English yacht Osborne was
rounding the north coast OF Sicily on June 2 the
oiicer Of The watch saw long ridge Of fms, each
SnS, 81 feet iSSng moving slowly WHY ihrSIsh The
sen serpent The head was bullet. shaped siI feet
| In diameter. and not unlike a seals Its features
as like those Of an alligator The neck wss com,
parnuYely narrow, but 30 much OF The body Is
could be seen vas shaped like turtles The
British marine will be anxious n learn why this
monster was padding along NO near the surface Of
the sea. The explanation IS at hand. Two weeks
Gulf o. Tunis and the disttrbsncs 6Si5w water Ter
ton.
A Kentucky pig has suddenly developed
geniiik for gymnastics nna engineering which
eclpses tile prOudest previous Movements Of his
race The eminent pig wa recently placed ~ hi,
ornnmeniei by Gin trees fesp,aned hy wild grape
vines. The walls however, could not cOndhe hi
Wild and ysg,ani spirit ssi.stiIs uSe ,,+n,lins
bit looSc tho lower end Of u sinl.i grapevine which
was attached by It's iniIdr'ls 10 limb OH tree and
| taking this impfuvised rope ~ his mouth swung
himself IN the air until he had gathered M iIG
| pctus which sent him entirely over tho wall ard
landed him ~ the next bold. Though often 10
nary feat, and his Intelligent owner, instead q
cutting down his elm tree 70 restrain his pig wan
dering propensity. has decided to educate him fol
the trapcze business
On Sunday night young girl, who CAV,
her name an Katie Buchanan. called at the Gin
Hall Trenton, n. J., and asked for assistance Il
enable her to reach New York, She was que,t,one,
by reporter, aud, In coherent language told Thu
remarkable story. About three months ago she wa
met IN the street near her fathers house, on Ave
nue. c, New York by a woman. who gave her nam
her on her beauty. inquired her hgc-sixtcen year
and at last induced her to leave home aud 9,
was MIR house OF S ahd
coming frightened. fed By applying to oyorsccr
Of the poor she had managed 10 make her wa!
homewsId as far as Trenton. Katie buchanan WA
given lodging, and her parents communicated with
| the result being her transportation TO her hum
yssterday; laura sn Goldsmith Is believed n Irento,
!
ago was arrested in Chicago for stealing younl
girl nom an cmigIsnt train aud taking her to 81
Louis, where the girl was found In fsshionabl
den OF infamy.
She was young and fair and tear glis
tened In her eye as she laid her curly head on hi
shoulder aud exclaimed; oh. George. think IL
found you did not love me ! should die" M
darling" he answered. passing his hand gentl
round her dimpled chin, Il will always love YOU
DO you think would marry you u did not fee
sure oft. In a few days, at the altar shall vUy
to love you all my life, aud will keep my vow.
! lovely kind OF bcatifc happiness played for
. moment like sunshine on her lips and then sli
Z whispered, "Oh, George. like 10 hear you tall
! like that, you have been so good to me. You HAY
given me diamond locket aud gold watch att
chain aud rings that an angel might wear outsid
her gloves aud not be ashamed, aud u though
that one day you'd be sorry you'd given me al
these nice things and want Them BACK again
should break my heart" lie held sher gentl
against his breast. and answered with II quaverin
voice, "Oh, my own darling, there Is nothing o.
earth that could happen that would make me N
| Deut giving y,ul a lew ukeuA of my love or ma X