National Republican., 1878-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


apiece III the streets of Salisbury ~ {.
MOONLIGHT bathing oil the beaches i quite
INC rage at present at the seaside resorts.
AN odd design for shawi.pin Is mermaid
OF mother.oi.pcarl, studded with steel beads.
PICTURESQUE covering for the head Is q
hood made Of blue cashmere, trimmed with
swans down.
AMONG novelties iu buttons are those in
polished bone, inlaid In quaint designs with
silver and gold.
FoR morning wear the collar c-F,, cravat
bow, aud handkerchief should match ia color
and trimmings
No wonder that with those ewes General
Butlor is able 10 look rs he belonged t. two
parties at the same tine
TUE Japanesc umbrella l. tho favorite sun
shade nt the INT CumtHinS and seaside, aud makes
the face look picturesque beneath.
LORD BEACoNsrlELD is a man most punctii.
ioIrs and yet simple in his dress. II Is ~ Per.
lect MS lis manners, and that is saying II grea,
deal.
EVERYTHING and everybody Is free and
easy at the Isle Of Shoals, n place where you
can get bread and butter whenever you want
1t without M order from the Office.
SHAKESPEARE makes use OF the words "And
thereby hangs tale In four of his plays
Tanning OF the Shrcw," "Othelo" Merry
Wives OF Windsor" and As You Like It."
ADVICE TO young writers: II you would be
clear and iorcible, don't use foreign words
he natural man never stops to hunt up q
foreign word when no is stunE by hornet.
BRooKFTELD Comm woman. over eighty
years of age, descended thirty fcot into well
several days ago and cleaned II out after a
young man had failed to do tho job properly.
A srRoSG-MISDEp woman in New York was
heard to remark the other day that she would
a l.h hal -.NE,
he was 50 ugly that she had to scream overy
time she looked at him.
So MANY distinguished men have visited
Cape May this season that you can't name any
one from Gladstone to Mr.. Shah, of Persia,
without the hotel clerk exclaiming "Oh, yes,
he Is here; Just gave him a cot"
A WOMAN was sitting at the break fast table
the other morning, when an almost brea,hless
neighbOr came IN and informed her that her
husband was dead. She calmly remarked,
Wait until I'm through breakfast and then
you'll hear bowling"
TIE warm weather does not seom to agree
with the wax and stcarino statues at the Paris
Exposition. One figure of q stearine goddess
Is spoken Of, the right arm Of which was
stretched forth with an imperial gesture. IL
has gradually dropped until now II appears to
be scratching the goddess knees.
MARY ELIzABETH BRADDON, the author Of
innumcnble sensation" novels, now forty
one, Is portrayed as stout, blOwsy and prOSac-
looking as any ale wife in England. Romantic
though hor stories be, she is the incarnation Of
the unromantic in face and figure, aud would
never be suspected OF tho rcmOtest connection
with literature.
A HEART.BROKEs parent writes to tho
Marhalltown Times: "Our daughters namo
was Suson, mother called her Sue aud called
her Bctzie, but she was good girl, five feet
piuht inpIas hi1h nd E,t
ried and was sixteen years old, poor girl she
died and wa, taken sick about two weeks ago
my heart is broken aud mother feels bad give
her good write up"
WHEN the Prince Of Wales attended one Of
the English concerts In the Palace of the Tro-
cadero the managers thought themselves justi-
fed in charging - and )! for the best seats.
The public stayed away, agreeing, no doubt,
with the old lady who remarked: Lord lovo
your soul, honey, who wants to pay 81 " look
at himr Can't anybody go to Mablle Oh SAT-
urlay night for dollar and sec him there2'
A FAsTIDIOUs and bashful old man in Boston
arrayed himself in black suit of clothes,
which mad been hanging in closet for several
weeks, on a recent Sunday, aud started out for
walk just as the streets were crowded with
churCh-gOers. Before he had gone far his
suspenders parted, and, as he oxcitediy
ClutChod at his trousers, they broke away like
burnt paper and fell in fragments to tho
ground. With shrek of despair he hcd
hOmCward, but before he reached the friendly
shelter Of his house much OF his clothing had
dropped pioce-moal to the sidewalk. Carpet
bugs were TO blame.
YESTERDAY evening woman followed her
husband into saloon on one OF the by-streets
In this city, picked him up by the right car
between her thumb and finger, aud leading
him out oil the sidewalk caressed him over tho
head with an umbrella until she battered ii to
pieces, renarking: Fool mo, will you Break
your pledge and then como home and break
my head when I'm asccpf Not much, you
wont! Now moandcr," said sho, "and when
we get home We will have this thing settled"
We saw him this morning, aud hU looked rs il
he had been through two or three cyclones
NduJOrd tOUrGm.
A REAL mule was ono Of tho attractions in
the play of Tho Forty Thieves" as produced
in Virginia City, Nevada The result Is do.
scribcd by the Chrouiol, rs follows No
sooner had Al come out Of the cave with his
bags OF wealth, aud attempted to put them on
the back of the beast, than ho began his part
Of the performance. He let fly with his heels;
kicked the shavinGs the supposed riyheSJ out
of the bags; kicked down the cavern kicked
kOwn whole forest kicked down the wings
kicked the ond OF the bass. viol, leaning
sgaimst tho stage, to pieces smashed the foot
lights; and finally doubled up III by planting
both feet in the pit OF his stomach. A rope
WAS fastened around him and ha was dragged
oil by the united strength OF the company"