National Republican., 1883-04-23

For TO tackle cowboy at poker
He must have "poker craze"
Memphis appeal.
IT is q foggy day in London when Phnnix
park murderer isn't sentenced to be hanged
Philadelphia Press
Nor any more ocean for me-" says the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, "it looks too much
| like vast dose of ipecac."
The bellies Of the Pluto tribe of Indians
walk along the railroad tracks of civilization In
Nevada and gather the black dope" which drops
from the axles of the cars. With this they smear
their cheeks and arms and grow more beautiful.
MITCHELL, the newly imported English
prize fighter, has pink and white complexion.
| speaks French, plays the piano, and has dim,
intellectual looking moustache, Mr.. Mitchell 10
the dude OF the prize ring, and eats raw beef ac-
cording to the Queensbury rules.
YOUNG lady Gust from boarding school, at
dinner table," Please papa, I'd like leg Of the
roast chicken" Papa" You have had one, my
dear, and your brother had the other" Young
lady lin a sprightly mapner)-"oh, sure enoughl
chicken has only two legs. It's duck that has
four."-Rdrper's Bdsar.
SEVEN young ministers at the late Metho-
dist Episcopal conference promised to abstain
from tobacco. They gave their word also that
| tucJ WeTo uOL III 0eDL 30 Us 10 emDarraS1
themselves. "voice" In the conference wanted
to know they were In debt so as to embarrass
| anybody else. Point well taken.
| HE was at breakfast wrestling with piece
Of remarkably tough veal His wife said TO him:
| "You always said there's something TO be thank
full for in everything. fancy you'd be puzzled to
| find something to be thankful for in that veal"
"Not at all; was just thinking how grateful wo
should be If we met It when 1t was young"
Mr.. CHARLES A. DANA and Congressman
Dorsheimer have arrived In San Fran CISCO Con-
| gresham Dorshemer had a chill in the Yosemite
| valley, but says that he has now completely re-
| covered. Both gentlemen have enjoyed the trip
| very much Theywil visit the Cliff house to- day.
Ex-senator Chatfee, of Colorado. is also in San
Francisco.
AMONG "the antiquities exhibited in the
Old South church. In Boston, is an embroidery
representing the garden Of Eden, in which our IL
lustrious father Adam, dressed In a costume OF the
last century, wearing powdered wig and carry
ing cane, is seated under spreading oak while
naughty Eve, in very tight.waisted dress and
full skirts, is resting under cherry tree, holding
parrot in her lap.
A ST. LOUIS gentleman, newly married,
and prominent society man, took his bride TO
| the opera. A few evenings aferward speaking
to some friends, the lady said something about
| tu0 opera, anu was hbkeu Wnht tne opera WAS.
~ can't recall the opera Just now, said the lady,
"but perhaps my husband can." "oh, yes" said
he, jumping at the chance to afr his knowledge,
eft was the opera OF Libretto."
The bananas eaten in the western states are
shipped from the isthmus to Now Orleans. and are
thence carried to the prominent cities. II may
not be Improbable to many people TO say to them
| that the best banana is one whose skin has begun
to turn dark-the kind which the ignorant buyer
| Is likely to reject. A banana sliced longthwise
may be fried in butter, and is an excellent 40
compartment to fried bacon. 1t may also be
used for frtter, and 1t very pleasantly mingles
| with sliced oranges and with strawberries.
Two young animal painters are discussing
| their latest productions: 81 had quite q talent
for bull dogs" says one, "but I've had 10 give up
painting 'em. You sec, II was such an internal
bore to have to keep the live dogs from springing
on my dogs and tearing thom 10 pieces" "I had
rather gift for bull dogs" says his companion,
"but had to give up painting them. It was too
much troubleto keep the dogs from springing out
of my pictures and tearing the living animals to
pieces"
THERE is no little surprise among somo Of
our English friends that MIR. Herbert spencers re-
marks about America should have been received
30 good naturodly on this side of the ocean. Mr.
Spencer did what most Englishmen do. He
CIlIlClhcu tuo COuuhys 4ueEo WAS mum uuIn IN
what he said. Thore 10 much truth In what many
less important Englishmen say. AT the same time
whenever criticism is made we are at once ac-
cused VI being peevish about It, whether we are
or not
A NEW York newspaper tells this tale of q
heartlesS wretch: Mrs susAnnah Taylor, in Es-
sex market court, charged her husband with
having called her names, struck her In the face
aud put her into the street. He was hned $40.
The prisoner went through his pockets and pulled
out SS25. at is all have" said he. "well,
youll have to pay the WHOLE" said the Judge.
I" Got II from your wife. You've beaten her, but,
like most wives she'll no doubt take pity on you.
Taylor led toward tho prison, was met by his
wife. who handed him Ave dollars. at can't
bear TO SEQ him locked up" she said, her ewes
, filed with tears. Taylor took the money rudely,
paid his fine and then said to her roughly, "This
is the last time you'll see me. I'll take good care
to leave the city and you TO- night" Tho woman
drew the little child who accompanied her to her
breast and kissed 1t tenderly but uttered no pro-
test against her husbands latest act OF unkind.
ness
Two New York dudes were rihe-shootinR
at the White Elephant the other evening. the
loser paying for the drinks. After shooting for
about an hour they commenced 10 get tired OF
putting up and began to look around for victim
, Their attention was presently attracted to VEN
erable-looking gray haired gentlemail whose
spolless white tie gave him 4 reverend look As
! he was known to the dudes they invited him to
join in the shoot and proposed that the loser should
put up bottle Of Pommery. The elderly party
smiled gTacously and assented to the proposition.
Dude No. then went to work and rolled up
thirty-one out Of possible thirty Ave, which
dude No. followed with thirty three out OF
/ thiry-fye The dudes then had the wine opened
and took drink, while tho elderly party went to
work in very methodioal manner. The attend-
ant presently went down to fetch up the old gen
: tleman's target and on the first sight the dudes
roared laughing as they did not SEQ single shot
on the white Of the target. A close examination,
however, discovered seven bulls-eyes almost all
Y on top of the other. Tho dudes subsided. The
| old gentleman was the Hon. CrosStoWn Casey.