National Republican., 1883-10-11
CURRENT GOSSIP.


Mr.. SPURaEoN's publications have an enor-
nous sale in Scotland, whore he is veneratod
WENDELL PHILLIPS is in such poor health
that he will be unable to take the stump this fall
in Massachusetts
Bon TooMBs says AbsaIom was dude. Its
ancient origin then, probably, accounts for tho de-
generation in the species.
Mr. GLADSTONE positively refused to con-
sent TO newspaper correspondents being on board
| during his recent cruise.
In tho Isle Of Man II is believed that it i'm
slres good luck to carry salt In the pocket when
coins to be married. The man who does is usually
fresh.
Mr.. PARNELL has paid off the mortgage on
his property to tho amount Of sd5,OO0 with the
money raised for him. and the estate is believed 10
be now quite free from debt
Two convicts chained together sprang from
a train that was making twenty five miles all hour
near Waelder, Tex, tho other night. The train
was stopped, but they wore not found
WHILE drawing water from well Robert
Handy, of Gollad, Texas drew up a snake coiled
| around the bucket aud rope. The snake bit his
cheek, and held ON 80 firmly that Mr.. Handy hud
to pull 1t oil.
Miss KATE FIELD, having letter Of intro
ductlon to Judge McCurdy. Of Denver, sent note
to the Windsor hotel office, asking where to find
him. Tho answer was: Don't know; has been
dead eight years"
JAY GOULD is credited with the desire to
establish rival 10 Newport ON Long Island sound,
and in furtheranco of that ambition he is negoti-
nting for Burns Point, the site Of old Fort Trum-
bull. near Milford, Conn.
PROF. PAUL PAssY of Paris, thinks that
America is the dusticst country he ever visited Ho
thinks that our high schools arc not practical
"Too much Latin" he says, "is the bane of modern
educational institutions"
Mr. CUSHING, the student of Zuni antiqui-
ties has made some interesting finds among tho
tombs OF that ancient Indian tribe. Tho oldest
thing perhaps, was bundle of prehistoric cigar
cites made OF cane and corn leaves.
The cars of one Baltimore street limo have
this astonishing placard: DRIVERS must not over
crowd their cars When car Is comfortably filed
they will politely refer persons to the next car"
One end of the millennium seems TO have struck
Baltimore.
A Mr.. ScHMUcK is person who is at the
present time occasioning considerable commotion
IN Indiana politics. This negatives the popular
impression that with the death of the greenback
party all the wild, weired names disappeared from
American politics.
The rural papers arc coming nobly to tho
front on the subject of the new 2 cent postage
stamp They are all remarking oditorally that it
""S iAShNu MO hisb hiAuB lhbt MuliuNy, ~ is
pleasant to note that the editors of the nation
fully maintaining the old-time standard of enter
prise aud humor.
FANNY A. GREGORY, of Rochester, N. Y,
obtained Il charnHfrom fortune teller which the
latter asserted would, IL worn bring about an en-
gagement and marriage to a certain young gentle
man within year. The charm didn't work, and
now disappointed Miss Fanny has brought suit
to recover the sum paid.
e
has taken up his habitation in gum tree near the
road. He has u bed made of moss and old clothes
tied on the branches Of the tree In order to give
him firm support. Old pieces of blanket and
bed clothes are 80 arranged that the party lie
down with perfect ease, swayed by the wind.
A TWENTY DOLLAR gold piece and o silver
dollar were found on William Pettys person after
his arrest in Portland, Oregon. The coins were
followed out, and in each hollow was mirror,
, and while they were lying on the table at an
anglo Of forty-ive degrees behind stack of coin
in front of the dealer he could every card held
by his opponents. i...
Mr.. EDWIN BooTH, when told that a "guy
? hooter" was regular atache Of girls base ball
' nine, and was hired to make bolsterously funny
remarks in order to excite the crowd to laughter,
0 said that 1t was good idea for the comedians.
"Puta good infectious laughter into an audience"
said he, land 1t would be tremendous help 10
Q farcical performance"
WILL somebody who knows please inform
Q On anxious public what has become of Jane
! Coombs, formerly an actress of large pretenuons
. and frgid emouonallues? Within the past three
years she has sank entirely out of public sight,
and 1t is surmised that she has betaken herselfto
ice cream freezing vocation for which nature
0 evidently originally intended her.
THE Prince of Monaco has had the census
taken. Persons who have an interest in statistics,
G.,N NI,,g, a. F.k.u
ants of large states, may be glad to learn that the
population of his domains now reaches 91OS souls,
including strangers of all nations" In the
} good old days." before the establishment of
= Monte Carlo-yiz., in ls67-they mustered 100.
IT is pleasing to note in the local papers
that the tables at the Colerldge banquet in Cincin'
natl "literally groaned beneath the weight of
viands which embraced every variety OF delicacy
, the market could afford" Now, II We had been
assured that "the creme de la creme Of society
j, added eclat to this occasion /" we could readily
understand that the affair what the st. Louis
i reporter would term "a notable event"
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS will continue a
candidate just as long as any other Indiana man
T. remains In the field. He has been the big toad in
the puddle too long to calmly give way to any
other home candidate. From time immemorlal
he has been trying to impress his fellow country
men with the solemn fact that. while they might
:, spell United States with small letters, they
should always use big Ii when speaking OF
. Hendricks.
= If Col. Aleck Mcclure, editor of tho Phila-
. delphia Times, would have any claims upon i'm
= mortality, he should quit travelling about the
= south trying to benefit that woe. begone section
NJ NJ and Join his home base ball club. William Penn
&c used to be considered very worthy sort of per-
4 son, but since learning that he never played any
"a ball game except three-odcat the Philadelphians
are seriously thinking of wiping his name out of
q their calendar of saints.
o NORTH Dakota's coat of arms is shield
IT draped with the American flag depending from
0 the beak Of an eagle. In the background are
range Of hills and the chimney of q smelling
furnace; in the center is river on which Is Il
steamboat, and a train of cars are rounding bluff
u Beyond is field Of wheat and corn, and white
}. man with his plough on one hand and an Indian
J. with his tents about him. Both look upward at
st rift In the clouds, whore is the legend "Fear God
1t and take your own part"
% AS INDICATING what Is annually achieved
h In pheasant breeding, says the London World 1t
l. has been calculated that 900 of them annu
" ally sold IN London, while in all probability an
of equal number is sold in the Provinces making
total OF $4,000 pheasants During the progress
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