National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-02-11
AWAKENED ECHOES.

A California man, worth nearly q half million
dollars, recently attended the funeral OF his son.
Just before the cofin was lowered he unscrewed
the sllvered handles, and, taking them back to
town, sold them TO an undertaken.
The daily price paid for intoxicating drinks in
New York is estimated at S27O000, or sos, 1000
every year. There Is said to be alarming increase
ofdrunkenness among the women. Drunkenness
is the nations great crime to-day.
"What are you going to make of your boy Bill?
asked one Austin parent of another. 81 think
Bill will be great sculptor" was the reply. "Has
he any talent that wayT "I should say so he
chises all the other boys out of their marbles"
The Italian priest Dom de Malta, who recently
swindled the government lottery out OF 100000 by
arranging for qudrtTn6 to come out has escaped
in safety with hishalf Of the plunder, though his
less-fortunGie fellows are in prison for eight year,
A patent recently granted In Vienna and Berlin
uses bands Of steel, which Is tempered and hard
ened, to transmit motion from one pulley to the
other, the faces of the pulleys being turned per-
fectly fiat and then faced with n varnish of rosin
shellac, and asphalt.
Jones is a timid man. lie lives out Of town, and
out Of town he has remained for month Every
morning he starts tor the train gets nearly as far
as the rnlroAd, sees the red flag at the station and
returns homcward, wondering how much longer
that case of smallpox istokeCp him away from the
depnt-BostOR Transcript
The Providence Press says that Massachusetts
man would sooner oblierate the memory Of the
Pilgrim Fathers than admit that Daniel Webster's
morals would have unified him 10 III the post of
II Sunday school superintendent. Which is a
slander just big enough to have been Matched In
Rhode 1sland.-BOston Star.
The manufacture ofbutter and cheese is becom-
ing one ofthe most important and profitable in
dustres In Kansas The State Is specially adapted
TO the business. The climate and grasses are un.
excelled in the world. and those who have expert.
mented during the last few years say the industry
| Is q safe and remunerative one.
A German periodical says that :" If the toughest
mutton or beef be wrapped IN the pawpaw leaves
1t becomes succuleut and tender and the fibre will
| be disntegrated In Ave minutes" Young Podgers
read this aloud at the boarding house table the
| other morning, and that evening his boarding
| mistress was surprised by a man calling at the
| door and handing hera bag containing bushel Of
pawpaw leayes.--NorristOi0a Herald
| A Texas couple stood up to be married a few
days ago, and the officiating clergyman noticing
| the butt ofn pistol protruding from the pocket of
the groom, suggested that, out of respect 10 the
solemn ceremony about to take place, the weapon
should be laid aside. The request being compyss,
WITH the bride domurey drew an ,ei,;Lt Ina,
bowie ffom hOF bosom and tossed~it beside m a
| other weapon. SN' ~
| An army doctor affrmsi To- ,oo ooo roo,,o d,a
every year IN the United S,tes frop, rreventobie
diseases and avoidahls aeeidentsH Here is a
iis if " TaaSSaiIs dozen saw bouos and such TO
gain handsome incomes by doing precisely what
the army doctor don't dot C., tell the 100000 how
to prevent and how TO avoid No doubt the pa
tlents who might be would pay " apiece in order
not to be called upon to swell the annual NOR
tuary list.-NeD Fork Commercial Adperttser
An Irish ecclesiastical student who went to iln-
ish his course Of theology in Spain sent glowing
account oihis journey in letters TO newspaper In
his native town. His last letter concluded thus
al can write nomore for before my vision rise the
gorgeous domea Of Salamanca" The printer gave
his enthusiasm another direction, for he printed
danes instead Of dornes,' to the horror of the
bishop who at once prohibited the publication OF
any further Letters from that distracted young
man.
When Joe Roger was making syrup he LEFT a
barrel Of the sRimmings near the mill. day or
two after drove Of thirty five flne hogs went for
the skimmings and the whole crowd got drunk
Tloy cut up all manner Of didoes and finally the
entire gang lay down and went TO sleep, This
4 alarmed Joe a little, and for while be was in
doubt whether to administer sweet milk or strong
coffee or send for doctor. They got over their
spree after awhile and went around for day or
two with red eyes and the headache --BVenG Vtsa
(6a) argus.