National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-21
Fun. FACT, FICTION.

"Sonsitveness to poverty" was one Of the
causes of Guiteau's inspiration"
When Oscar wilde goes TO Boston he will carrya
basket Of beans instead of lily in his hand.
Madame Adam, editress Of the Nogveie Ret1te, OF
Paris, is about TO visit ST. Petersburg at the invita-
ton of the Czarina
Both Senators and six of the eleven members Of
Congress from Massachusetts, are in favor Of suf-
frage for women.
The Chicago Tribune would like to see General
Hawley nominated for the Presidency In 1884. SO
would General Hawley.
A snake fifteen feet long and asthlck as n mans
leg was recently discovered in Maine. 1t must
have been guanaconda.
John G. Whittier and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
have written congratulatory letters to Eugene ].
Hall, a young poet of Chicago.
sEx-Representntive Alexander Mitchell is the
heaviest tax payer in Milwaukee Wis. Last year
he paid s2i 900 this year but $4,000.
" The silllcst man who everllved," wrote Fanny
Fern, has always known enough when he says
his prayers to thank God he was not born
woman"
The new London journal for women is called
the Fan. Englshmen have funny ideas about
naming papers for women to read. fan can bd
shut up.
Wayne Aaoveagh says ho left the Cabinet
btNhust ne NOulu COlVlCt nODOuy III NhAnlHb-
ton" This may be true but he certainly didn't
try very hard
doctor says that whole mince pie eaten Al
bedtime will not harm the most delicate system.
IT is dreaming of falling down a coal mine is what
upsets ones nerves.
Dean Stanley said Nothing Is sadder than
the grief of a mother over the downfall OF hei
child" The Dean evidently never saw man try
ing to read an Alexandria paper.
That dispatch to President Garfield will stard
Whitelaw Reid In the face whenever and wher.
ever, In his sud future he assumes the guise Of Q
political reformer.-Boston 7rapler.
The most truthful and unobtrusiye man I'm tn,
community will, in one week aner he becomes tho
owner of q setter dog, develop into talented,
gaudy, and ostentatious liar.-Terds s0tings.
Two successive editors of nm Idaho newspapeu
were shot and killed in the same sanctum. Tho
present editor has posted up tho following sarcas.
tic sign: No shooting allowed in this room.
Mr.. Francis Wise a distiller and the richest mn,
in Ireland has lust died. He left no will IN die.
pose of his wealth. which amounts IN sax ON ooo
A reasonable share of this is In American socuri.
ties.
Iester wol,ack has ondo,vod a nod q, Oh.
Homoopothio Hosnitol I'm cumberland s,rcet
BROOKLYN for the use of sick actors with Tho nro.
ceeds of special performance In his theatre som,
time ago
Furman Abrams. of woodae,d T. 7 In, ms
buried his sixteenth child Tho graves ~ siytsou
litto GIRLS and bovs 70 ali In a row In pon~vI,,,
Cemetery One child now In nor ecvor,oonI,,
wear survive.
law cor,d In. n ro,v IL, ,,o ,tod,so,, o,o,,,
con,,rooo,io,oI cbrroh Mo-, vi, - ,n,,S.h N.
Newman has been called II 10 aororoi,,, ,,ndor-
stood Tint ali rprarence N tho camel and ,eod,o,
eve story Ia omitted In tbis church
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0s,od an ola nnn,,or,0 ~, pnnsouaio,, "Si,n.
I" T mole hold 10 osl n hecauso 5eceoaod mad .
croot mony f,tends obort hore Who'll he oiod -
boor or HE doo,,, ~ E,,n;r, ys,.,rom
me ques'ion wne'her noar webster ever taugh'
thorns,,,h ond so,,nr,,,a, xo,,ed a,o'sa, a".t
oi,,, aeo,aod a., ~ aea.,,a,i,,o IT,, a,,
snco,s Nooh,s iios ,v0s ,ri,ho,, Jaw ' ''''' ~
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heeswa1 anu sal. wiz make your rusty nat.ironi
US cieaii anu sioo'ii Us siass' ZIG lump Oh wax
IN IN rag anu Keep " Ior inc purpose. When tho
soo,,r ,a;,,' ,ho rara o,o,, ,.,,
a., sc,,,r, p"p'' - WV"
iaiito"u nun me- H'i p'iniu, aociuen' tno
osnei even,"s io Ia" J"ss einp',eu one echoonet
Vi peer anu was ~ 'ne as' Vi reacng ior aho'net
"nen ",9 wig "ppoa.Iu u"eA p1o',ny upoii s.,e
,ha rs,aI resnI, '' "A''
NO
~ 'no peue.o y, VIC ,'. eia'i"'s' Vi i"auu s.
70 pe infes'Sneu' Is w neVer uiu nave ihueh
ain ~ snuso n.'ic uPs"i.s 'i,a' ooiiie from no
o'm nno"s "nvte nT ~ An'"S VINO my
'oiAS WIZ -o''''"'a" MUS
MISS T. IL. obcr, al Boston, Is woman OF affairs.
Sho 10 'no ,l,on'eot y. tno D1s'o iuoa's ,io oa'y
Goleol' oo"p |,.L w opot"
i,ouPe nv onu % non o"ne,'
W .a.,,n III INC ''''A P''s Va VIM"
sue Is inc o's"i''@er'
or ex-President Hayes children one, Webb
Hayes, is manufacturer in Cleveland; Burchard
| Hayes is practicing law with young Mr.. Waite in
| Toledo; Rutherford Hayes, Jr, Is at school In
Boston, ana the younger chlldren go TO the public
Schooi III inc village oi Fremont
In burning down theatres this country is ahead.
as usual since l6lO there nave been o73 theatres
burned IN the oid ana New World. In London,
3l were burned III Paris, 2oi In New York, &c, and
in San Francisco. Fl. OF course the rate Of de-
struction In the last-named city Is beyond COM
parison with the rates elsewhere.
John Dunn, the Engllhman who sets UP In CD =
position to the prisoner King Cetwayo as a ruler
OF Zululand, Is described as having lost oil tho
virtues OF his own race and as having acquired
all the vices OF the African He is cruel and blood
thirsty ana exceeds the Zuus In the number OF
his wives
A pickering pair of Quakers were lately heard in
high controversy, the husband claiming: Il an,
determined to have one quiet week with thee E"
" But how wilt thou be able TO get itg' said the
haunting spouse in that sort of reiteration which
married ladies so proyokingy indulge In. 81 will
keep theea week after thou art dead,' was the
Quakers re1oinder.-Prot7denceI ress.
Tho San Francisco Posi- says that Mr.. James W.
Marshall, who discovered gold in California on