National Republican., 1878-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS. .

Mrs. ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS has named
her poodle Daniel Deronda.
Miss ANNIE LOUISE CARY, Emma Abbott
and Charles Fritsch have been engaged for
several concerts at Saratoga and Newport.
AS WAS to be expected. the rumors Of the
betrothal Of the ex-Empress Eugenies son and
the Princess Tbyra Of Denmark are contrar
dicted.
MRs. SCoTr.SIDDoSs, who has neither bee.
III nor lost her beauty, as q newspaper para-
graphist has reported, will return to New
York In autumn.
THE German Emperor keeps diary Of every
thing he shoots. In 1910 his gun was dis
charged by accident, and he entered Fore
finger, right hand"
UNCLE SAMUEL TILDES Is at Long Branch.
He wears white hat, gray trousers, and .
black coat.-Boss Post. Is that all1 Poor old
Sammy Pawned his shirt, bly.-Graphio.
ISABELLA TOP, an eloquent woman's advo-
cate In New England, writes to the Northern
Whia, advising that fathers take their daugh-
tiers into their own business or profession. A
good suggestion, and carried out already 10
some extent In this country.
ABSOLUTELY latest item about Lrod Beacons-
field at Berlin Seeing poor devil picking up
cigar.cnds to supply himself with tobacco, tho
Earl gave him gold piece with which to buy
| something better. But the man had narrow
| escape, for the ever-vigilant police arrested
him for begging, and were 10th to release him.
GENERAL HOWARD is good soldier. but he
| don't swear, he don't drink, never gambles-
but he says his prayers regularly as he per-
forms his other duties. lie Is for these quail
| ties made tho butt for the cheap wit Of all the
blackguards Of the press between tho two
occans.--Rdhsds City Journal.
ACCORDING to Bohemian popular super-
| stitiOn, 1t Is unlucky for q lover to visit his
sweetheart except on Thursdays and Sundays.
Tho saving in candles Is simply incalculable,
| and the young women of the country being
thus enabled to get five nights sleep every
week preserve their singular beauty for many
years.
DICKENS was very quiet In society, and
| never came out" save with his intmates; but
| Matthews revelled IL an audience, and could
| always be depended on for more than his share
| Of the amusement. He had wealth Of stories Of
| all kinds but his speciality was his apprccia-
| tion of the ridiculous side Of his own profes-
sion, and power of quaint exaggcration which
was irresistibly droll. Ho was an admirable
| letter.writer, too, and would send home pages
| of the neatest manuscript, descriptive OF odd
phases Of life which ho had encountered In his
| travels.
An unwilingness on the part Of the elder
| Disaeli to pay forty guineas caused his son,
| the Earl of Beaconsfcld, to become an attend
4 ant at Christian churches. The former 10.
| longed to the Portuguese synagogue Of Bevis
Marks, in London. He was chosen president
OF the synagogue, but declined TO serve The
penalty for the doclinatiOn was forty guineaa
This he declined to pay, and withdrew FROM
membership rather than comply. Being frne'
| thinker and a Jew by race rather than reli-
gion he Immediately attended An Episcopal
Church with his family. At his death friend
| paid his fine, and he was buried in the Jewish
cemetery
A REsTAURATEUR at Brussels recently OBJ
tanned the contract for a grand political ban
| quet, on condition that the managers Of the
demonstration should have the privilege of
| fning him roundly for any deviation from ha
agreement. Tho banquet took place aud the
| landlord was fined 900 francs for not supply
| ing the walters with numbered badges, 100
francs for not supplying all the wine he had
agreed to place on the table. and 600 francs
because some Of the guests could get nothing
| to eat. The money is to be divided between
the school fund and tho Magdalen Asylum.
I A NEWSPAPER MAN recently went into .
Broadway, New York, store for a pair Of shoes
| lie found the style ho wanted, but the siss
| was too large. He was told 10 call In at night
| when pair Of the size and of the same style
would be awaiting him. He went. As he was
| taking of that same pair Of shoes that night
| u pair of cork sOlcs came out. Yesterday he
saw that too large for him, but the style he
| liked. 1t was n and he wore 1t. The sales
man said, Il will bring you a 1t from tho
wareroom," taking the II with him. The now
hat was the same style and II fitted. That
| evening the purchaser discovered = piece Of
| pastcbOArd under the leather