National Republican., 1882-12-09
GENERALLY PERSONAL.

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Seize the maiden in your arms,
Flushing with her tempting charms
And itNould, we think, be snulger,
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Take your girl in warm embrace,
Heart to heart and face to face,
Eve TO eye and nose 10 nose
Flippity flop, and away 1t goesl
-ENmingsburg Democrat.
What's the use of all this rhyme?
Take your girl at any time,
Squeeze her till the blushcs come,
Shut our eyes and-yum yum yum
-Christidn at Work.
Brother Talmndgc is quite right,
"Yum. yum-yum, and hold her tight"
But the fact for which we yearn,
Is, how the mischief did he learn2
Prof. Agassiz is in Florida.
Mile. Rhea is registered in Chicago.
Ex-senator Lot NJ. Morrill, daily grows
weaker.
Melville, Danenhower, Noros, and Ninde-
mann comfortable this weather.
Buffalo Bill is worth S25OOOO. 1t pays to
wear buckslin and keep away from buff,lo.
representative Pachcco, of California, has
taken his invalid wife TO Florida for the winter.
Mr.. Bill Nye, of the Laramie boomerang,
speaks of Elder Cannon as four-ply paterfa-
milias
Bismarck is growing because Berlin
butcher named sausage after him. The count
can't appreciate that kiyind OF compliment
NorristOtcn Htraid.
Nine. Nilsson, speaking of Oscar Wilde to
Chicago reporter, said g." He ought to have been
taken by the car and taken 10 the boat and driven
out of this country.
Judge Kelley says that the one thing GER
tain about democratic speaker is that abe will
be n bad one" The " father of the house" speaks
from long experience and knows whereof he sf-
firms.
There seems to be great deal of difficulty
to get man to face the great Boston bruiser John
L. Sullivan. If the effort should finally fail, per-
haps 1t would be the fair thing to call out the
militia.
The Hon. Frederick Billings, of Woodstock,
Vt, has built and presented to the congregational
church Of that town n parsonage costing $4,000.
He hni previously given the church q chapel cost
ing $4,000.
Mr.. John II. B. Latrobe and wife, of Balti-
more, celebrated their golded wedding Wednes-
day. MIS-. Latrobe is his second wife, a daughter
of the late General Ferdinand l.. Claiborne and
he married her December G, 1882, in Matches Miss
"Larry" jerome was recently asked by
James Gordon Bennett to suggest name foc his
new yacht, now being built in Europe, 81 have
1t, Jim," said Jerome gleeiully, call her the
Lydia Pnkhaml" This is tho newest union club
story.
Lieut. Danenhower is making a great hit as
lecturer, his audiences at every point being
large and enthusiastic. The press universally
compliments him on his manner of handling his
subject. He will speud the holiday week with
his parents in this city.
Darling Nellio Gray" n negro melody that
was once exceedingly popular in the south, was
composed in an odd moment by B. e. Handy
a young artist and musician OF Westerville Ohio.
He disposed of the piece for s5, and over 100000
copies wero ufterward sold by the lucky buyer.
Prof. Chandler, being disturbed while lcc-
turing to some Ill bred medical students, pnused
until all eyes were directed toward the offenders,
and said: al suspect that It is in my power to
teach those young gentlemen something that will
DE OF more to them In after life than ohenI-
istry; mean manners"
daughter of tho illustrious house of So
bieski was recently married in Switzerland to o
common mechanic. She is the granddaughter Of
that Count Jacob sobieski. who fifty years ago
| was exed from Poland, and whose son accepted
the fallen fortunes of the family by taking for his
wife girl of the Swiss peasantrv.
| The Hagerstown News says: "Mrs. Clara
stanhope, nee Hamilton, concluded her studies
in Paris, and few days since arrived in New
York. She proposes to spend the winter in Annap-
oils at the gubernatorial mansion with the gov
ernor and his family. In the meantime tho suit
for divorce will be prosecuted without opposition
from her husband; Mr.. stanhope."
DIR: Alonzo Clark says: at is an old error
| to suppose that persons who have cardiac (hearD
disease must die suddenly. They may and others
may" He also states. in connection with one of
| Al nf,,
"The number of instances in which persons die
with this lesion suddenly, compared with these
who die lingering death, lis small"
Queen Victoria, at the recent review of tho
English army looked well standing on the bal
cony of Buckingham palace with her handsome
sons aud daughters around her She has grown
| touter in figure lut nothing nged in face, save
| perhaps tbnt her countenarce is more expanded
than formerly: its expression, too is described as
more cheerful, and from this the Londoners catch
Il hope of a gayer winter than usual.
Senorita Martina Casells y Bollaspi, who has
lust received in Madrid the degree of NJ D.. Is the
| first Spanish woman on whom this degree has
been conferred. One of tina Madrid newspapers
speaks In warm terms of Senorita Casels as lady
who won her hOuors in the face of much opposi-
ton and national prejudice. 1t says another
Spanish woman is following in her footsteps. The
doors of the Vulencian school of medicine having
been closed against her. she went to Madrid aud
there met with moro friendly reception.
OF Mrs. CORVALLIS West, Mrs. Langtry's
chief rival as professional beauty" in the
Prince of Wales set, q correspondent writes:
Until was told which she was, had supposed
it was somo opera boune actress who had got into
the place by mistake, she was so painted and pow
dered over cheek. arms, and neck her eyes were
so picked out with belladonna; her corsage was
so deeollete her voice was 50 loud and boisterous
| and her poses ana hergestures had such q decided
smack Of the heroines of Ofenbach and Lecocq"
| Gen. Alfred II. Terry has written a brief
setter to Gen. Grant, expressing qualification at his
article IN defense Of Fitz. John Porter, and SAYING
that he thinks 1t must carry conviction to every
fair, unprejudleed man. lie reminds him that
he too once believed Porter to be guilty, but when
he came to examine into the case carefully found
that instead of being criminal he was martyr
and the people to do except to hasten to make
such reparation as may yet be possible for the
wrong which has been done.
az mot Oscar Wilde in London once" said
Nine Christine Nilsson Rouzeaud the other day,
where we were both guests, and he was to take
me down TO dinner. He commenced to talk his
nonsense and pose to me as we were going to the
dining. room l said to him, Look here, Mr.
Wilde, Nine. Christine Nilsson will put up with
10 such stuff. This is all put on. and there Is
nothing In 1t but nonsense Mr.. Wilde said,
| Think you. You are the first sensible woman and
true friend that Tvemet.' After that he acted as
a man should and taxed sensibly."
According to the Boston Journal this was
the way in which the President had his message