National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-14

-"Do you know" said Jones to Brown,
Tnr f smsy r"s H. hue "m "n nTd
soda % Soda CHI T. said Brown; that reminds me
I amcthysty rs over" But Jones looked At him
he went IN with him, and they drank In solemn,
impressive silence.
Now the summer nights are bringing
Tunefu glcc clubs Shrilly singing,
TIA, Ia. Ia, Ia. Ira, 10, IA!
While the mule with ears uprising
Listens to the sounds surprising,
Aud in accents agOnizing
Echoes, "ItCc haw haw, haw, hawr
Some gossipiDg donkey has started tho
| story that Mr. Samuel Bowlcs wants to buy a New
York newspaper, and try his hand at metropolitan
journalism. Nr. BoMlcS tried i once. 10 a mild
way. In Boston, and displayed his ability In that d.
rcction all he wants to. His chief ambition now is
10 build up his present newspaper, 30 that he eau
get n living out of it-whieh Is more than he has
done for some years past
Harris. shaved his head TO acquire the veneer
able aspect that badness mparts. The trick was
detected hy members of his congregation, and he
was expelled on charge of deception. He urged
that TO shave the head was no more an ofcnse than
to cut the hair, To trim the beard, or In any other
way 10 improve ones personal appearance; but
there was majority vote against him.
Tho mode Of notation employed in the
Greek music was peculiar. i consisted in placing
| the letters Of the alphabet In various po,itions-
straight, sidewse. ,Scs-nnd sometimes even frI,g-
ments of letters were used. The scale Of the Greeks
was similar TO our minor scale, although 1t con-
notes re- 'a pon hnvS
| played the Greek OncOctavc diatOnic scale.
The late Mr.. John Lothrop Motley and
| ME- Tom Appleton. Of Bnston, were fitted for col.
lege at Dr. Cogwell's school at Northampton, and
| they were graduated at Cambridge In the same
| class with Wendell Phillips. That was before Mot
| ley was eighteen. At tottngcn he had Bismarck
\ for fellow student. Into his novel Of "Norton's
Hope he crowded great deal Of his GOttingen
lrc aud 1t may be that among the characters, some
one Of the smoking, Notwithstanding, jolly, philn
| sophlcll students may stand for BiSmnrck Tho
novel was not successful, but 1t was far enough
| from beiug very poor one
| --Iu Newton county, Mo-, Jesse U. Lynch
| has been sentenced TO an Imprisonment of sixty
years and his wife 10 one Of thlrty.threc ySrs.
iision and pretended to cure The sick by the laying
which wa. taken sick lynch Affirmed That Il was
possessed by devil. and to drive on, this evil
spirit he ard his wife pitched The child aTTo; ei
striking the floor, during this performance. At
last 1t struck joist which crushed its skull and
| killed II. The fanatics were arrested. and though
plea of insanity was set up they were convicted.
The woman IS repIssented to bc OF rrepoSse;Sng
appearance and entirely under the control of her
husbands viii.
| Fletcher, who was hanged in Philadcl-
| phia on Monday, was unquestunnhly COwnrdly
murderer but no one can read the sad story ofhow
his body was received by his wife without No pity.
ing her to almost regret the terrible requiremen
Oi the law In capital cases. When the body arrived
at the house Mrs. F!ctcher was in bed, and her
baby boy. born sinccitS fathers imprisonment, was
lying upon her breast patting her cheek, "Oh, Il
George gomez" she nitiflly exclaimed, And when
the body was brought into the room she cried out
Il want to see him let me look on his face again
She was held up in bed, when she fell forward ol
the body, kissed and huggcd /, and clung 10 I
entered the room and their demonstrations Of sUr
row were likewise terrible to look upon. In hi
death Fletcher gave a most effective temperance
lecture. lie hal dccliued ali stimuiantS 10 asSiS
In bearing him up through the trying ordeal. u
was rum that brought me 10 the Sthfuld' lie sad
"Rnd want now 10 rely Oh new aud hlghe
strength
We have just perfected an invention whicl
will probably relieve Us In the future from tho per
yusscrs II Is in the nature ofn Patent Combination
Rehexaction DOor-scrapcr, We fhstcn II down by
the side Of the lowest Stcp in front of our house
and wait until a bOOk'CanvaSscr comes along
which one Is tolerably certain to do within ffrel
or twenty minutes. The canvasscr stops to scraps
Gus cxaggeratiOn with which to impose on lis. A
his foot touches the iron two clamps fly over hi
. instep aud hold him fast, steel claw suddenly
, shoots up his leg and grabs his trowsetS; traI
, flies open IN the pavement, and the victim i
hauled into the coal cellar, where We have all In
furiatcd lrishman engaged to mellow him am
tlatten him out with u scuop-shorel We allow thu
lriShmnn royalty upon the remains, and he seem
to be animated by MI earnest enthusiasm whcl
| promises rich results. 1.-THE machine works well
we shall either buy graveyard or found q mcttica
college. In the mclntimr, persons in want q
bodies for DISSECTION or other purposes VIII pleas
apply.
Tho Cincinnati Times tells very prett
. romance of a LaCShWnHna coal mine In the Din
= mond Shan there was no stcndicr. harder wDrke
5 than Jim Gardiner. His drrss was rough Ms til
toughest, but he carried Il "a man who had bee
: used To face the world smhlgy. They called hiG
I Gentleman Jim III the minr,, but they all Ike
| him as man who Rlwnys played fair and asked II
Y odds In the accident oflnSi April when the rnt
ola part Of the mine fell In, Gardner was killed
IL Appeared in the EVIDENCE that there was II ic'
seconds during the crack of t!mbeTN before the iol
fairly came down. and in that brief time. IN ih0s
few beats Of the pulse, gentleman Jim h4
g fatal chamber into the safe mn!m alley. Then h
| went down with the roof When his body wa
= found the next day. they luuul him with his RICH
hand thrust into hi, vest aud Cll,piug tight iill
: pOCketbDuk There was nothing In h save care
on which WAS fastened with drop Of sealngHd
! on the stem, all that remained Of 4 rosebud an
two geranium leaves. underneath was Wilton, !
w0mans hand, "Mlrie-T puit i1i-Junc 1867.
. Just below was written In mans hand, jun
D IS70-All wlthcrcd-cXCep. the thorn"
The Sabbath morn was dawning fast,
D As along up lower street passed
2 An editor, with hollow eye
Y Who said to every passct'by
His pants were hItched above the knee
lltN shirtfront black us black could bc,
No collar gTaCcd his bearded throat
As It liped that faint, dJlOtnuS note
I'm busted!
lie cursed that miserable day
When he grippcd his sack aud stole away
To join the editorial baud
Upon their Orkney Springs trip, and
Was busted.
40 stay" q y street beauty said
and on this bosom rest your head"
Excuse me. hRint got no Chink,
And you don't give credit here, think
I'm busted"
And so that rooster, up and down,
Went wand ring lhro' the busy town,
, And sadly mOaued. with streaming eye,
, To each and every passerby:
Il sim busted"
Next morning, on q westward bound
Freight train, that editor was found
Upon a box, car door, asleep,
And this legend, which was ohalked upon III
hat. made the conductor and brakeman weeI
I'm busted"