National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-18
FUN, FACT, FICTION.

Tho Democratic State Central Committee of Iowa
was recognized This looks like Joke but Il Is
fact for all that
Hon. g. s. Cox is about to publish an illustrated
volume ofiravel, entitled From Pole to Pyramid
by Way Of Palestine"
"only an Oriental beauty can wear the sun
flower" says Oscar. Mr. Tilden seems to be in worse
luck than usual this year.
The good die young. The bad live to lilo about
the weather and are spoken Of as the oldest in-
habtants.-Neiv Orleans Picdvune.
A wedding in Louisville, Ky, recently was at
tended by the brides mother daughter, and
grandchnd, representing four generations.
In order to extend her profitable concert tour
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has postponed for some
weeks her marriage to a Philadelphia broker.
The total number Of periodicals and newspapers
published throughout the world is estimated AZ
STH1 with an aggregate circulation Of 100000
Baltimore boasts Of some pretty women, and the
american says "some ofthe most beautiful exam
pies of the Hebrew type are TO be found in that
city"
When Prince Bismarck was leedlo shilde his
modder used to call him Otto. When he got to DO
an Otto man he developed into considerable ofn
Turk.
al sec that Congress is considering the taxation
of weiss beer. Some of the members may build
weisser than they know on this subject"-CdTi
Schur=
An Indiana evangelist asks "Can Democrat
get to lIeaven2" and the Boston Transcript hastenf
to say that he can-if he has the handling of the
returns
Candid Counsel-"why are you SO very precise
In your statement Are you afraid of telling an
untruthT Witness promptly" No, sir l'-Lor-
don Punch.
over 400 applications for divorce nre before tho
Cincinnati a.
and beer were promotiye of domestic harmony
Toledo Bidic
A dentist has been struck by a railroad train al
North Adams, and the only regret he expresses Il
that be had not taken laughing gas before the ac-
cident occurred
The statement is made that Thomas Mast, tha
well-known oarrlcaturist, is about to retire from
business, having made enough money to support
himself in comfort.
During his recent soourn In Italy Richard wag-
ner, the composer made many enemies by his
criticisms of the Italian school of music which be
bluntly called ian old carrot"
Some Chicago capitalists are negotiating for
the purchase of thirteen thousand acres of land
in sequNchee County, Tennessee, as an investment
1t is well timbered and rich In coal.
We see by thesan Antonio;papers that the butch
ers have raised club. If their tenderloin steaks
are as tough as they used to be they might use the
club to advantage on them.-7erds Sjtings
An elevator company, with capital of 100000
has been organized in st. Paul, Mimi, to erect a
100000 bushel elevator at the transfer station and
some forty small elevators throughout the State.
At the opera in Dublin gentleman sarcastcally
asked man standing up in front of him If he was
aware he was Opaque. The other denied the alle-
CATION, and said he was o'Brien-NetV York Evan-
gelia.
Persistent party-"Not at homer But are you
sure no isnt9 Don't you think you had better 90
and askG" New maid" No. sir; It wouldn't be a
bit Of good He told me he wasn't most distinctly"
Judy
Pleasant personal in the West Liberty CKy.)
ScoTche: The senior editor has been absent about
two weeks. report reaches here that he is run
ming beer saloon up at Washington. Watch out
for him; he's crank"
New Orleans has lion foru at the celebration
of the discovery of the Missssippiis mouth. 1t Is
Captain Dawson Blanchard, linoal descendant
OF q brother Of the explorer, who inherits the
name and title, "De la Sale"
Kidnapping freshmen is a tame business. Why
don't some enterprlsing sophomores kill fresh
man and sell the body for stiff? This would Gre
ate an excitement, and thoroughly advertise the
institute to which they belong
A member of fashionable congregation called
at music store and inquired ~ Have you q piece
called The Song of SolomonT" adding Our
pastor referred to 1t yesterday as an exquisite gem
and my wife would like to learn itn
The Pope is about to present the French Catholic
Church in Boston with q fac simle reproduction OF
the famous statue Of ST. Peter that stands against
pier, near the dome, in st. Peters Church al Rome.
NJ Froe Robert, of Paris, is the artist.
At the age of ninety four, and in the same room
which ha horn, hact ,ut ~,
tain Green, Of Buckdon, England, who is believed
to be the last surviving officer of those who vera
on duty at the funeral of Nelson, in St. Pauls
Talmage Is of the opinion that ut Is bad thing
to break ones jaw" That is as 1t may be- POSI-
bly, an honest poll of DR.. Talmage's hearers might
reveal sound reasons for regarding the assertion
as open to serious doubts and notifications
York World
A new scheme on the part of the graveyard in
surance sharks TO make money by issuing policies
on the lives of babies has made a ourishlng start
in Phminxville, schuylkil:County Pa. Risks arc
taken on "babies" of all ages "between one and
sixty years."
An English statistician calculates that every man
on an average speaks fifty-two volumes of 900 oc-
tavo pages per annum, and that every woman
yearly brings out $40 volumes of the same size In
talk. This is only another proof of womans SUI.
periority, as the suffragists would say.
When mans hair stands on end an ordinary
person says his hair stands; but you can't get a
doctor to talk in that way. The doctor calls 1t hor-
ripilation. This makes the patients hair stick up
worse than ever, but 1t gives the family confidence
in the doctor.-Louisvaie Courier Journal
Lord and Lady Dufferin arc Just as popular in
Constantinople as they were in Ottawa. They
have recently been reviying In their marble PAL
ace there those private theatricals which gave de-
light to so many wintry evenings at Rideau Hall,
and have played "The Critic" with great success.
The present freshman class at Harvard is said
to be distinguished for three things: 1t Is the
smallest class that has entered the college for sew
eral years its scholarship is unusually high, and
Its members have refused to follow the custom OF
attending theatre in body aud there disgrace
ing themselves,
The Virginia Historical Society has potitoned
Congress TO publish the manuscripts in the Con-
gressonal Library bearing upon the colonial his
tory of Virginia. and 10 distribute the books among
the historical societies of the several States These
societies are asked by the Virginia society to join
it in this petition.
Berlin trngedan occasionally gave a pass 10
his landlndy. She was sitting with herlilte girl In
the pit of the theatre. when the heavy villain was
NIB out to stab the trAgedian in the gizzard The
child, seeing her friends danger started up and
shrieked out " oh, please don't kill him. OF he
won't give us any more tickets for the theatroP
In the New York State Supreme Court Judge
Donohue felt iacetiors, and was bandying words
with members Of the bar A remark made by ona
of thcm had little sting, and the Judge said.
" Look out, counselor or win commit you foi
contempt of court" 81 plead guilty, Your Honor"
was the quick response painfully Intense silence