National Republican., 1883-04-27


with the St. Louis duelsts.
A LoGANsPoRT, Pa, doctor has found n
man whose opium dose rose TO pound of the
tlnoture per day. his doses beginning with an
ounce.
A WRITER in the Hartford Courant claims
that John Fitch, of Windsor, Conn, made and
run steamboat ninety-eight years ago-long be-
for the working days Of Robert Fulton.
A PAINTED advertisement in huge white
letters upon the rocks of Lookout mountain caused
u spirited horse to run away one day last week,
and horse and driver went hcadlong oyer cliff
and were killed.
PITTsBuRG has got a glass shingle manu-
factory, The Inter- OCEAN says the public will now
bo interested in n mandatory of boys who will
not throw stones. This necessitates either big
reform or new race Of boys.
IT is rumorod that Mary Anderson will
never return to the United States until she has
conquered England. The Post. Express says that
If England should need reintorcements she can
telegraph this country.
A GERMAN went TO a friend and said: "To-
morrow owe you s2OOOO am ruined can.
not pay 1t, and / cannot shleep Wink" The
creditor said: "Vy didn't you Wait to dell me to.
morrow Now neither can shleep Wink"
NEAR Marshall, Texas, the other day n six
pole for a weapon. The insect tired Of the sport
aud began to chase the boy. It fastened its fangs
in his right hand, and in a few hours the boy was
dead.
ELEcTRIcITY has been successfully used to
start a baky horse. The Hartford Post thinks that
now, If Faure storage battery could be attached
TO the nip pocket Of the errand boy electricity
would have begun to bo Of some practical use IN
the world.
MoDJEsKAs personal profits this season
have amounted to upward of $4,000 Mary
Andersons will reach $4,000, John McCullough's
n like sum, and Il score or more Of actors and
actresses will bank from $4,000 to $4,000 apiece.
1t pays to act,
The st. Louis Globe Democrat tells of amin
teresting dwarf called Billy Taylor. bachelor OF
Co. who lives in n small shanty on tho
Gravois road. lie looks like one of Rip Van Win
kles dwarfs of the mountain, and Is about as
Realistically hideous as they make them. Mr..
Taylor, In his early days, spent fortune in Eu-
rope and is now reported TO bo worth $4,000. He
is in the rag business.
HERR BRETzEL (who has just had tele-
phone put up) calls for the repairer next day.
Look a-hore, my vrent, tidn't you dolo me dot
dellevone shboak Cherman und converse in Cher
man? ?" Repairer-"Yes, sir" Herr B.-"Vell,
py chiminetty dalk Cherman TO dot dellervone
Hello, phawt air ye jabberin? Come off, ye old
Dutchyr Iton'd allow no dellcrvone to sass mo
dot way Dake 1t avay."-Lie.
Ex-V1cE PRESIDENT WHEELER has re-
turned home to Malone from Garrisons where he
had spent the winter with his sister law. His
| health is not good. About the holiday season his
| eyes become iufamed by exposure to the glare Of
| the sun and snow, and for weeks he was confined
to the house, unable to use his eyes at all. Lack
| of exercise then brought on insomnia and other
troubles. With the arrival OF spring weather his
| ailments have, In measure, disappeared, but he
| is still far from well.
The time ofthe singing of birds is come, and
| the voice of the picnicker Is heard in San Fran
cisco TO some effect. Tho Report chronicles this
important society occasion thus: The first picnic
| tragedy of the season occurred yesterday. A boy
| of 10 was killed at a hoodlum picnic. Tho same
! picnickers will des cend on Marin, Almeda, San
Mateo. and Contra Costa counties every Sunday
for months to come, and, If last years programme
is carried out, fighting brawling, and stealing
will be leading features of each festive gathering"
ELELKA BoRRY, the Hungarian actress who
has just come to America from the Imperial
theater, St. Petersburg, is very tall, slender and
graceful, with n feminine gentleness and charm
incompatible with the idea Of a trained athlete
| And yet TO swim six or eight miles is with her q
mere pastime. She walks at least ten miles day
swings clubs, plays with iiity.pound dumb bells,
and fences and boxes with skill and effect, This
combination of steel muscles and velvet skin OBJ
tained for her in Europe the sobriquet of LA
| Petite Tigresse."
MINNIE MADDERN played "Fogg's Ferry"
at Denver recently. In the scene where she is to
explode the torpedo her pistol missed fire. A
veracious Denver paper says: Miss Madden,
though little surprised at the misfre of her
weapon, was cooking 1t for another shot, when
suddenly a cowboy jumped to his feet In the audi
ence, and, hourishing navy six, shouted, Stand
Il little to SIDE gal, and I'll bust 1t for you.
| Blame my eyes, but them chaps amt going to
dish up that boat that way The ominous click
of forty four caliber was distinctly heard, and
us he pointed his pistol Miss Maddern, with great
presence of mind, without moving from her posi-
tion for the second time pulled the trigger. fortu
nately with better success. The torpedo duly ex-
ploded, and the steamer glidcd on majestically in
safety. The audience felt relieved, and nobody
more so than Miss Maddern, who did not care to
be party to a cowboys marksmanship."
BISHOP BOWMAN recently attended con-
ference at indianapolis, and correspondent tells
tho following about him: "0ne incident of this
conference is not generally known, viz: Bishop
Bowman was not expected to arrive until Wednes-
day morning, but he came on the midnight train
on Tuesday. Getting Off at our lonely rickety
quiry, found the direction fthe hotel. Arriving
there, he knocked and waited till the landlord
could dress and open the door, Upon asking fol
lodging for the night he was told the house waS
filed, and there was no place TO sleep. He then
| asked IL no could not be allowed to sleep on the
floor, which was granted, The following morn.
{ ing he asked for the amount of his lodging ano
breakfast and, upon being informed, gave double
that amount each to the wife and daughter of the
landlord, never once utteriDg a single word o
complaint. He is certainly faithful servant o.
his Master, accepting entertainment In apparent
perfect satisfaction which not one of the members
OF his conference but would have found faul
! with. The landlord was quite taken back wheI
later in the day he learned who was his guest, al
the bishop did not attempt TO make himself known
to him."
THE hobby of stamp-collecting has more
riders than most people have any idea Of In fac
It provides profitable industry for numerous spe
cialists who foster the practice. There are abou
$500 different stamps known, and certain OF then
4 are worth more than many man gets for salary
in a year. A New York banker has an album o
: collected stamps that is valued at not less thar
$50 OOO a lady one that is valued at S25 600, and
number of others are owned In that city which ar
said to be worth from $40 900 down 70 s5,0O0 Their
are stamp hunters just as there hunters for Gu
rious books rare manuscripts, and all sorts Of fcuro
Others gather them for merchandise, and ofel
: hold them for a length of time, knowing tina
I every year will add to their value. In 1876 col
lection was sold in London for Is, ,OOO and anothe
In Darf fpr A nnn