National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-18

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I'm the silent midnight watches, when the
around HI bill on we hear mans maedictioys On
the man Of lies who sells bar 10 fend mosquitoes,
that Will not keep out tie.
Two young foxes were caught in trap in
mother c @nG St Ssm az night
She gnawed OF stats and liberated them, and flor
revenge n took them to Rlorden's coop and filed
i them with his chickens before departing.
| The heirs of Turner, the painter, have
brought an action against the heirs Of the attorney
w no acted for them. aud who paid them 9p n
1900 and which had been valued al C. 900 before
| he paid the smaller sum.
The poet Malherbe having dined one day
with the Archbishop Of ROnen, had scarcely 1en the
whsn ne @ ss Tn m 9s e9 Ss
| shall sleep very well without that"
| 1t was noticed that during his triumphal
| ride through Liverpool Gen. Grant looked un;;
easy, and kept his eye closely fixed on the crowd
been privately informed Of Threatened lode of
welcoms" by the great Martin farquhar Topper.
| 1t Is said that the King of Burmnh Is
/ tai but he seldom sticks to hobby long, or this
might be bad news for America as Il has been esti-
the whole Of India might in Two or three years, be
| independent Of American OIL
| "A new terror has been added to ballooning.
While an acronaut was cnrcerinr the other day In
Priorv somcEsctshye bc distinot,r hcarS ,be MhIS
OF bullet through the air aud the ping Of the ex.
ploson below. Had the shot touched the aero.
| nauts head or his canvass II would have been
equally fatal.
| "A new beauty, SAYS Truth, has appeared
upon the. horizon Of London She is fron the
| Channel Islands and is tho daughter OF the Dean
Of ST. Heliers. Mr.. Millais was the tronbadour who
first told nations that she WINS beautiful by Offering
to paint hsr portrait ''ocioty has g,lnc mad ovcr
| her. The other day, at party she was positively
| mobbed, and more than one duchess climbed upon
| a chair 10 gaze upon her.
One of the amusing political incidents of
| the day is an 'orcn letter. which Henry Dean has
addressed to Brick" Pomeroy, is response to his
announced intention to visit every State and dc.
| liver two hundred speeches Dean tells pomcruy
In effect that while he has not the face TO ask him
IN conform tp his own simple style Of life aud adj
dress he really thinks IL will be somewhat difficult
| 10 make people understand thai times are very on.
| pressive when private individual can charter a
palace car in which to travel all over the United
| States to preach economy and reform.
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| Ono of our old citizens, who has been
as to inquire OF one Of a crowd standing
| IN front OF Che Mcnger " he was spritunlist.
You bet am, it's just my usual time OF day for IT.
I'll take cigar too. We will all join you, Colonel
dozen men Joined in the mournfrl cortegc 10 The
| nearest saloon, most of them wiping on their
mouths, to have them ready, saying they would
| take sugar In thcirn. The colonel got about two
dollars worth of 'pritualism N about five minutes
| The impovcrshing effects of the civil
war and the depression Of trade are felt with full
no lights in The windows, no merry dancing
| shadows on the paper screens. The shutters re-
main undrawn and the houses sleep in joylcss
| gloom. There is no sound OF singing men and
| singing women. Even the cocks and hens move
with more secure air. ~ II conciOus OF the nkcli-
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this bit Of description from Japanese paper ought
to touch the hearts Of American Bonifaces. and
Wonder, e' ''''' ''N' "''' INV '''"
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| Men have threaded the cactus thickets Of
the West beyond the Rocky mountains for ages
and have been stung by their thorns and gazed in
wonder at their strange forms and delicate flowers
be put to valuable use The Californians have
now discovered that they make good quality Of
plants with steam and alkali, which extracts from
them their fibre in u condition suitable for manu-.
factnrc, and the paper made from II is of good
thing that will do for paper now, because the sup
ply Of rags & inadequate. As cactus Is a cheap
the discovery that paper eau be made Of II cannot
| fail TO prove extremely useful mill has been
erected in Los Angeles county. CAL, for its manu-
| They have been trying a clergyman ct
| Dixon, ILL.,, for poisoning his wife A great crowd
ofladies attended the proceedings. and they all
wanted front seats. One night when the court
e the TSay hs ad
other comfortables with them and expressed de
termination To stay all night, that they might be
| on hand bright and carly next morning. The
sheriff, upon this, as gently rs possible put them
ont. lie then locked the door and went home
| Then 1t was that the Dixon women showed that
| they were equal to the emergency. Obtaining a
thirty foot ladder they climbed into the courtroom
windows, and when the sheriff opened the court
room the next morning there they were comfort
ably seated on the front benches! Woman's wit
was too much for the whole law Of Illinois in the
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rise again but the New orleans Dsmoeraf evidently
| supposes she IL down for good That journal says:
"A young Mexican picked mp sixteen eggs by hold
ing them like an eye.elnss between his checks and
his nose, and deposited them In his ear without
using his hands; then broke the eggs between his
| knees and beat them into a foam with fork held
| between his toes then peeled ten lemons with his
teeth while standing on his head and ran quarter
| of a mile on his hands, while he mixed the eggs
and lemons In a large punch. bowl then without
taking of his coat he caught up with the Southern