National Republican., 1877-07-06
Chamberlain Loads the Opposition to Hayes.
Ernm tho Now Nnrk Trlhilnn.
MISCELLANY.

Public improvements pay for themselves
In many ways The water works IN Dallas, Texas,
have reduced the rate OF insurance there at least
$1,000 per year.
The following leader in an Arkansas
weekly Is certainly to the point: Our respected
chief being of on his annual drunk, no editorial
appears this week"
Hardly atishctory-Red-noscd English
Party: ITS one of the effects Of indigestion sir.
70 make The nose red, and suffer from i lawful!
Pause, VIII you have anything to drink before
you GOT"
A clever mot by Dumas at the expense Of
a young man who couldn't write anything but oh,
taned great vogue by haunting literary reunions
and assduously cultivatng the society Of artists.
Said Dumas: He Is a newspaper wrapper that
thinks itself journalism"
Among tho curiositics taken from q
Nevada mine are piece Of sandstone with grass
roots still clinging To It, and showing native silver
all over Its surface, pctrifcd wood imprcgnatcd
with ruby silver and mass Of pure chloride of
silver that will assay ut 5000 ton.
The Count de Chambord, who is not rich,
sent The 9re on The HScssi9n Of 1t. nsse pnrse
thousand srfranc pieces Of the coinage Of Charles
X. The wealthy Duke q Aumale sent him poor
picture painted by an Orleans princess.
A daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough,
who demeaned herself In the eyes of her family
by marrying young Irishman who was engaged
to teach her music, is now living with her husband
nt that boarding house summer resort, North Con-
way, " H., where her husband plays the organ I'm
the little Episcopal chapel every Sunday.
Love caught the brush" he wrote to her.
SmS n"I9,ed @ yOnT glowing picture upon the living
Sx-dollar salary, and he had had seventy.fye
dollars week and rich aunt he couldn't have
and he only wears a boiled shirt upon Sundays.
Don't send your letters to Deadwood,
Dakota Territory any more. The inhabitants OF
that mining city awoke last week Friday morning
| u find that the new survey threw them several
miles into Wyoming Territory" II must be pro-
voking TO be whisked into hostile country so un.
CcrcmOniously.
In Sonoma county, Cal, near the Gcysers,
Is spring called the Lemonade Spring" which is
said To be averitable bath of beauty the water be-
ing so strongly impregnated with mineral acids as
| to remove all tan, sunburn and freckles from the
complexion, rendering the cutclc soft and white
Now ladies, don't all rush at once-there's only
bath-tub there.
-"Reporters and Loafers Warned OF" was
ters OF the Harvard crew on the occasion Of the
intercollegiate boat rnce. About the time that the
daily, and is started off early In the evening to re.
port three meetings, do the police stations and
rP few Sra%l IN ms nc W
and loahng,
When the daughter Of Governor General
Chanzy, of Algeria, was married the other day, the
register, with much ceremony, wns signed with q
pen that once belonged to Plus TX. When quite a
child Nile , ChanE was presented to & ,hG soyereg,
should like to take away with me souvenir oi
Rome" The Pope, taking up a pen lying on tho
table near him presented y to the child after bless
ing Il, and said "TRke this mon enfant II will
serve to sign your act Of marriage"
The dter,tdmilids, arrayed In straw hat
white pantaloons, no vest and snowy shirt stiff
with starch and expanded with the love OF coun
try leads his minor descendants out In the morn.
ing Of the glorious Fourth. AZ mdnights holy
shirt i Ted aad az WET sc Ills bear q: h
hat is crownless and crushed. The American
eagle has taken It's flight and he spirit Of dilap
upon his couch aud, watch.worn and weary, his
cares fly away and visions of bunting dance o'ei
to know how in The dickens he caught such {
splitting headache
The mistress Of most disorderly school In
skowhegan, Ne, lost control Of her scholars on,
day last week, and allowed the naughty boys tc
girls one OF the girls finally reported" certaii
pSSeun SS Mo The tmiS Soomstres sernIy reproVet
her for tattling In school The girl returned to he
seat and her prosecutor, reSuming military opera
room, hit her IN The face, Sif the teacher can
lick you can" said the pretty girl; and dartin!
S@ oa o hs ssn an% bSn h &
! lay on the floor blubbering and begging for mc!cy
The late Judge Petit, of Indiana, is sal,
70 have been most earnest ndniirer Of poker nnt
one time, when Petit, en-Chief Justice lecompt'
and himself were going through Missouri TO atten'
Sen, they stepped at Ss y IdSSePh and played th
tween Petit and Leoompie as to who had woi
"the pot" Petit insisted that his hand was III,
hest and that he was entitled TO the money So did
, Lecompte. In the IN DIST Of the dispute and Of hi
wrath Petit arose, seized every bill on the table
tore them In pieces and threw them out Of the win
dow. Lecompte was very much chagrined. hu
not disposed To give II up II was rainy night
and there was only mud around the hotel bu
Lecompte went down stairs and into the mud
feeling for torn bills. The search was frultlesS h,
returned a sad man, but Petit and Ewing's laugh
ter knew no bounds. II turned out soon af1erwGrd
that each man had bet all his money, and when
they came to pay the hotel bill In the morning they
had to ask the forbearance of their landlord.
A substance Of comparatively recent ori
gin, termed leatherette, on account Of its Tesem
blance to Morocco leather in many respects I,
from all accounts destined to assume position o
some Importance as rival OF real leather for bot
tom Innings Of light shoes and slippers. corpora
, tlon Is already organized To manufacture the art
Clc on large scale somewhere I'm New England
! aud the secretary has made OvcrtuTes for proper
machinery IN Europe The Shoe aud Leather Re
porter says "lCathCrette Is composed OF a strong
! tlbrOus felt naturally grained and is finished IL
diced work pebble or straight grain, patent lea,he
or, In fact any other finish and any color 70 re
Semble morocco, and Is used for book binding
belts boxes, pOCkCtboOks or hatlnings For bot
tom lnngs ior slippers leatherette Is coming intC
use, RTrd answers the purpose very well In liph
work and II at least fifty per cent cheaper thar
any other material The price, all gummed foI
shoe bottoms Is 10 cents foI a sheet containing II
d | E,pIn nTs sny A IRpptg fnnt hn NO