National Republican., 1883-09-05
CURRENT GOSSIP.

The druggists eyes no more
His customers explore
To catch the meaning spoken in wink, wink,
wink;
The weather's growing cold,
lie needs not 10 be told
The nature Of the beverage they'll drink. drink,
drink.
The fly has had his day,
No more he'll frlsk and play,
And skate upon the glossy, shining crown, crown,
crown;
The bald mans overjoyed,
His enemy destroyed.
In peace once more he soon will cit him down,
down, down.
And now the ladies, bless 'em =
When gone how much we miss EN-
And from the beaches coming home in scores,
scores, scores
Where lately they've been stopping,
And now they'll 20 a-shoppinR,
And overrun the various dry goods stores, stores
stores. -SomerpfAe Journal.
HAVING heard that ladies at the seaside
are holding guessing matches the Norristown
Herdld is rude enough to suggest that they guess
how many of their sex at the same hotel wear
their own hair and whether the dresses they wear
are paid for This game is venerable.
The fact that donkeys can die, and that
one actually did so purpose, is vouched for by a
man in Paris who says he saw one Of those
brues deliberately com NIT suicide The animal,
9 poor, starving beast walked deliberately into
| the Seine. The mans Newfoundland dog swan
| to the rescue and brought the donkey 10 shore;
but the animal walked straight back again. and
this time kept the dog away with his heels until
he was past help.
The debut of Mary Anderson in the Ly-
ceum theater, London, in "Ingomar" Saturday
night was a notable event Among those present
| were Gen, Merritt and party, Mr., and Mrs. La.
bouchefe, Miss Genevieve Ward, Mr.. Barnun.
Bronson Howard and wife, aud Lady Benedict,
Miss Anderson achieved great success. Al one
| time her voice sank to whisper, and voice in
the gallery said Speak louder, Maryp Miss
Anderson, instead of taking offense at the inter-
ruption, Immediately responded to the request.
Many Americans were present.
The old manse still stands at Concord
Mass. as when Hawthorne wrote thirty years ago.
II is old gray, and unpainted. Inside IL is snug,
cozy and attractive. On one Of the tiny window
frames is legend In Hawthorne's handwriting,
telling how Una Hawthorne looked out OF that
| window on that winters day, and seeing the snow
and the trees like snow chandeliers, was much
pleased. though she was only 10 months old at the
time From the old garret to the cellar spirits OF
antiquity rustic and sigh, and the ghosts OF per-
and writers seem TO start at levty. The pres.
| ent owners are descendants of the original pos
| SCISSORS.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, it is narrated, dreamed
one night that, standing at the Kur spring, Karls-
bad, a man gave him small china cup to drink
from, which contained a deadly poison. He
laughed In the morning at the remembrance OF
his DREAM and mentioned the fact that every
morning when he drank at the Kur spring the cup
was presented to him by charming young girl,
| whom he Vas sure Gould never contemplate mur-
der. For the first time. however on that morn-
ing, instead Of the girl q man appeared and
handed him the cup. The emperor hestated, but,
10 oking into the mans kindly face, he smiled to
himself and took the draught "of course, 1t did
not harm me-" says Emperor william, "but on
the contrary, my stay in Karlsbad, instead Of
proving fatal, was very beneficial"
"MR. SMITH, will you indorse my note for
s2o?" "why, should expect to have to pay 1t
If did" Certainly, certainly" "And SO I
might as we'll lend you sSo?" Exactly; you are
quite correct" "And shouldn't expect you ever
TO pay it," "0f course not, of course not"
Then why didn't you ask me direct to give you
S2o?" Because, sir, / do business in q business
way. i never borrow money of man who will
indorse for me, and make all calculations on
the indorser paying the notes. It's the same
thing in the end but we arrive at 1t in business
way. i believe In making the horse draw the
cart. You can't give me $40. sir, but II you will
have the kindness to indorse note TO that amount
will see that you are $40 out OF pocket "Deroil
Free Press
The most racy and effective parts In the
popular eye Of the early period were perhaps
those Of the stage demons, to whom the utmost
. license, both OF costume and antics, appears to
have been conceded, and whose presence was felt
, not only on the stage but In various practical
Jokes on one another or the audience In an older
mystery stage direction bids them "clatter their
: cauldrons and stewpans.' One may suppose how
the hair of the audience would stand on end at
the sound, and may conjecture what a different
set of nerves II would tickle now. Stage demons
with horns and scaly tails used to appear within
living memory in the last scenes of "Don Gio-
vanni' ministers of retributon, but have lately
been dropped In order TO keep the Ridiculous at a
respectful distance. As reliefs TO the public mind
from the overstrain of these terrors. comedy and
farce found their fitting place, and fourished a
reagents to the terror and pity Of the passion
Play."-Edinburgh Revteu.
SOME mitigating Giro umstances: "Sea
here, Sloshinger, want to talk TO you moment,
, said an Austin philanthropist; don't you know
9 you are not doing your duty by your children II
not sending them to school2 That's not the way
fond father should treat his children" "well
now, don't know about that" replied Slosh.
niger. ~ don't believe you fully realize wha
= you are talking about. Now, have a brothe
, whose Oldest son was sent up for two years fo
horse stealing, and the judge, In sentencing him
, said that his ignorance and lack of early educa
: ton we're strong mitigating circumstances In hi
! case; and instead of making the sentence tel
! years, which he would have done had the bo,
ever received any education, he would mako 1
only two. Now do you suppose am going to rol
my boys OF those mitigating circumstances tina
have already been such bonanza in the family
No, sir before do that hope my right arm will
cling to the roof of my mouth."-Terds SVftaoS.
EUGENE L. DIDIER accuses TennySon o
9 plagiarism. He says that the author OF 'In Me
r moriam" is indebted wholly 10 older writer's tina
= he has borrowed their descriptions, and simply
n improved them; thathe is au embellsher and no
: O builder. Mr. Dldier mentions among other In
!. stances proving his charge the poem, entitled
"Enoch Arden" 1--WE do not think" he says
shat Tennyson has ever been accused Of plagia
rism in 'Enoch Arden but we find that the story
Q the treatment, and the whole scope OF the poem
g were taken from the poem by Miss Proctor callet
'Homeward Bound The heroes OF both poem
were sailors, both were ahipwrecked, both loi
wives behind, both returned after an exil
Of ten years, both found their wives seate
: at the hearth with their second hui
n bands both OF the second husbands wer
friends of the exiles, and both Of the latter n
y turned TO their homes on q chilly autumn ever
ing. Tennyson. however, with Amer art, make
t Enoch Arden only see his wife through the win
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