National Republican., 1882-12-25


Hayes might get IL again"-S. j. Taden.
Bismarck has grown thick gray beard,
and is looking wonderfully fresh and strong.
President Arthur, with his son and daugh-
ter. expects to visit Florida early next spring.
Sheridan Shook proposes Ben Harrison and
A. b. Cornell as the republican ticket in 1884
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late president,
has been elected editor of the Williams college
AhenGum..
Senator Hoars friends say that he phno-
sopbicay expects defeat in the senatorial contest
in Massachusetts.
Jay Gould says that it would take a rr--
writer eight hours day to answer the begging
letters he receives.
The New York Herald speaks of Mr. Medill,
who enjoys some local celebrity as northwestern
editor" Such is fame.
The sale of seats for Mrs Langtry's engage
ment in Brooklyn has been immense. No scandal
can hurt her in that city.
Mr.. Upton, the oil specuator who was pres
ident of the city bank of Rochester, enjoyed the
confidence of everybody"
Within six years happy English married
pair has been blessed with triples twice, doubets
twice, and singlets twice.
1t is understood that Mrs. Langtry is very
bouchere suddenly finds herself.
Father Ryan, the poet priest, is lecturing in
the gulf cities on atheism and Infdeliy Tried at
the Tribunal of Reason and Common Sense"
1t is becoming pretty well understood that
George b. Mcclellan, Fitz-John Porter, and Major
! General Daniel Webster Voorhees, put down the
rebellion.
The Hon. c. r. Breckinridge, congressman
at-large- elect from Arkansas, is a son of ohm c.
Breckinridge but resembles him in personal ap-
pearance very slightly.
A Cincinnati man has invented q machine
for storing electricity. Nature is ahead of him
| thousands of years. She made machine for
storing electricity long ago. 1t was the cat.
New York has a society for the preservation
of the Irish language One has only to look at the
list of names of democratic Office holders in that
city to recognize the usefulness of such society.
A successor to Appraiser Howard is prom
ised at last. Nothing could more clearly illustrate
the eniency of the present administration toward
! the half breeds than the delay in finding q sue
cessor TO Iayes's biographer.-I'Ith,
dry goods house advertises among its
things for Christmas gifts, elegant chemsettes.
We don't know what chemisettes are, but are sure
we never saw anything called by that queer name
on Christmas tree.-Ehilddephtd NeEs.
In Poland the Rev. Mr.. All, Baptist cler-
gyman, has so often and so greatly incurred the
displeasure OF the civil authorities by the way he
has conducted his religious services that he has
been in Jail thirty times. He is getting used to II.
Tom Ochltree told friend of mine recent
| ly that Arthur had asked him to come into tho
cabinet. Perhaps It WIS Napole6ns cabinet cham
7 pagne. Tom said he prepared to go Into the
sideboard, but the cabinet suggestion rather
! knocked him.-Gat.
Gustave Dore, the artist is As years old
He looks like German, smokes like Spaniard,
has high cheek bones like an Indian, wears his
moustache like Frenchman, and works like
Turk. He has ten times as many orders as he can
fill, and makes from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson, wishing at one
time to have the children chrstened, Mr. Emer-
son said he would not object whenever a minister
could be found to chrisen the children who was
as good as they were. Subsequently Mr.. Canning
was weighed in the balance, and not found want
ing.
A good many people who are wondering
how to get turkey for Christmas will be pleased
to know that William Ii. Vanderbiltis prematurely
old, and his voice is husky and at times almost
unintelligible. He said to friend the other day.
81 have not had sound nights sleep since my
father died"
81 wish | was horse!" exclaimed boy
who had just been soundly whipped by country
schoomaster. "Why do you desire to be like a
brute? q" asked the astonished pedagogue. Be.
cause" whinned the lad, "whenever you licked
me you'd be arrested for cruelty to animals"-
NelU York Commercial.
The venerable BeeGher exercised his quiz
zical faculties upon Pittsburg reporter the other
day. In regard to the presidential nominee for
1884, he said he believed Mr.. Edmunds to be the
most and Mr. Blaine to be the least available
man, and would not be SURPRISED If benjamin F.
| Butler should be the democratic standard bearer.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks says he will not
accept a nomination for governor at the hands of
the Indiana democrats Having burned his flu
gers badly in endeavor to get Chestnuts for
MIR. Samuel ]. Tilden, he proposes to permit Mr..
Mcdonald and all other presidential candidates 10
rake over their own coais. "A burnt child breads
the fire."
There is a comfortable maniac named Jo
ham Franz Hoff confined in the jail at Louis
vile, who says with familiar earnestness, I'm
from heaven. l came down here from heaven.
l know God and everybody up there. Just ask
them-they know all about me-" This last sug-
gestion to a resident of Louisville is conclusive
evidence of Johlnns insanity.
The death is announced of the wife of Dr.
George b. Wallis, Tor many years valued at
tache of the New York Herald but of late retired
upon pension paid by that paper. Mrs Wallis
was born in Prince william county, Va, was de.
scended on her fathers side from member OF
the old French nobility and on her mothers
from Colonial Governor Berkeley. She was 81
years of age.
Mr. Min, the actor, has made himself very
much dsliked at Rockford, in this state, by per-
sonal alteration with a hotel keeper over the
bill of the company, and knock down was only
aYerted by the interference of third person.
Creditors bills are also pouring in, and the ag-
nostic actor ii nds the stage very hard road to
travel, aud may indefinitely postpone his visit to
Germany Chicago Tribune
Miss Mary Anderson has just ended brill
liant engagement at the Chestnut Street opera
| house in Philadelphia. She has attracted great
crowds Of spectators and 1t is said her acting has
been unusually brilliant. On one night OF last
week military organization of Phtladelphla 10
which she had done some service made public
| presentation to her of a magnificent crown, set
| with precious stones. The popularity OF this
young actress is steadily increasing ana the iu-
ture never looked brighter for her thah IL looks al
| present-NeiO York Tribune.
The Chicago boy Is just triie ahead OF
the rest of American youth In MS knowledge of
| home affairs and foreign politics Mr.. John Fin.
erty. a well known journalist and leader in Ilish
affairs In Chicago, has just been elected TO con-
press When the uewsboys heard that their friend
| Inhn had become man Of great influence they
Immediately beg N to present their clums for po!
sitions one OF them, more aspiring than the rest
asked to bo appointed " assistant tail. twister Of
the British lion" The name of tho candidate for