National Republican., 1883-07-26


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BEATS awl-the shoe machine Boston Com
mercidl Bulletin.
ONE of tho French lines of railway has
adopted the American system of dining on board
the cars.
In England marriages cannot be celebrated
after noon except by special license, bill in
now before parliament providing for the exten-
sion of the time until o'clock.
A COMPETITOR to Dr. Ny W-r has
tnrned up Miss Susan Turner of New Haven.
Conn, writes to the adjutant general of Ohio that
she served as an orderly in the 105th infantry, and
was known as Jim. She wants compensation for
her services
A CURIOUS suit has been brought by ma
in Illinois against Methodist revivalist preacher
Since mis- wifes conversion she has done no house.
hold work, her whole time being occupied in
singing hymns and shouting. The husband has
brought suit against the preacher who was instru-
| m entail in her conversion.
SCENE: An humble country hotel. Male
guest I'D like to be called at 4 to morrow morn
ing I'm going fishing" Female domestic,
(stnpldly). "Eh?' Male guest deliberately. "Im
going fishing tomorrow morning and l wish TO
be called early-not later than a." Female do.
nestle, (stoldy) "Will you rlng2'-Lte.
spN
night ?" asked Gus de Smith, of Gilhooly ''when
did 1t come Off" About 0 O'Clock Didn't you
see itr" "No, of course l didn't. I live out in
the suburbs of Austin, and never get chance to
see anything that is going on after dark In the
business portion of the city."-7erds Stttngs.
A wAILING orator says: Ozark is the night
that settles down upon Ireland" Well quite
likely. We wouldn't cross the ocean to see any
thing so commonplace as that. But when you
l hear of n bripht aunabiuv nj oh
upon Ireland call us up lifts midnight, and wen
sit up all night to look at it-Briinoton HdWkeye.
" Do YOU know AIRY, them bloody Hamer-
leans is hactually himitating the Henglisht "Ho,
yes; hfv card o. that. But we mustn't be ham
cry, AIRY. No, AIRY, we mustn't be hangry. Let
us hextend to them elping and, is my motto.
We can haford TO be hamiable, you know, so long
as they donthask for hanncxation!"-Londo Tdk
Col. BEGLER was nervous. az may be
fool but" Nobody has disputed it," broke in
his wife. Now do wait until you are denied a
privilege, will you ?" ~ say may be q fooln
the colonel continued; in fact, l quite agree
with you that am" and he looked Significantly
at his marriage certificate hanging on the WALL
ArkdnsdlO Traveller.
SOME of the London papers make them-
selves merry over the interest manifested by the
Prince of Wales in the fishery exposition. He is
described as having read paper on fish Matching
US IOlOWS. flrSL secure spot 1Or the nest,
and then set the fish on the eggs, and let them
hatch; care, however. should be taken not to set
a Goldfish on a nest of whale eggs"
The Louisville and Nashville authorities
have named their new station at the national
cemetery, six miles north of Nashville, Eakin,
after Gen. James Eakin, of Louisville. A hand
some station house has already been erected.
Gen. Eakin was on duty in Washington for many
years, and was honored officer and popular
10 will from in An,
gust, and thereafter will reside in Louisville.
A POET says: "a bird has little--only a
feather plucked, it may be, from tender breast.p
bird with only feather is curiosity in these
parts-if 1t is alive, 1t wouldn't dare venture
here in the winter season. 1t would freeze to
death. We are told that bird of "a feather
flock together, but they must do their flocking in
pretty warm climate. Even poetic license
should give bird more than one. observation-disclosures
toWn Herald.
"FAIF," said darkey in the meat market
the other day. "am jes' dis has faif in yo' meats
bein' tendah, kase Use dun los my teef an cam
chaw tough beef Hit am the same faif l reposes
in the doctah he hain't eben got to look at my
eef but jes' soon he sot his eyes onto dis yer
carcass of mine Use well man, kase dun got
faif in him. But doan' want to pay noah n ten
cents pound TO- beef. on faif! No sah!"-H-
mira Advertiser.
the census of 1882 was 254s99,5l6. The various
religious secs of the population number as fol-
lows: Hindoos, 1S7,937 450: Mohamedans, 50,12l,-
5s5; nature (sun moon and anima) worshippers,
6426,4ll Buddhists, 3418,SS4; Christians. 1862
63i Jains, Ia mixture of Buddhism and Hindoo-
jsm,) 22l $685. Sikhs (Theists), s53 426; miscela-
! neous, unspecifed, S,O571SO: native protestant
Christians, 100000.
IN the building of schoolhouses great atten-
tian shonld bn pynn tn ha mar of int
e ing the light. Physicians in Berlin have had
: their attention called to the defects of vision
o among school children. Many changes and i'm
n provements in the school buildings have been
made at their suggestion. An aurist who has
. been engaged there in making examinations Of
the school children found 1888 cases of ear dis
d eases among 5,905 children.
y "WELL, Jack, I suppose you are training
n that terrier pup gave you last month 2" "Well,
S no, jim; I'm afraid that dog will never amount
to much" "How's that?" "well, you see I
wanted to crop his tail, so held him over
stump while brother Tom chopped; Tom, you
know. is a little cross-eyed, and he chopped lit
It tie too high up. The tails all right; but there's
hardly enough dog Left to pay for training It, as it
/. were."-Sdn Francisco Post
f. The Augusta (Ga) Chronicle, democratic,
# says Hon, Samuel J. Randall is protectioaist
O Just as other congressman are. He stands up foI
n the policy that has made his state powerful and
= rich. Every southern congressman wanted some
special protection, or misrepresented his state II
he did not" It may be noted. that two democratic
u congressman from Sou tn Carolina Messrs. Dibble
1t and Tillman, have already announced themselves
for Mr. Randall and two others from that state SC
" far uncommitted, will most likely vote the same
; way.
a MAN who was much harassed by his
creditors related to friend a very strange dream
= that he had had. "I dreamed that was dead !"
is he said. "I thought that had passed away
II peacefully and calmly and when the mist cleared
away from before my eyes was in that better
land where the weary are supposed to be at rest
n l was speechess with joy, and for a moment
n stood enraptured with the beautiful scene tha
" met my eyes and the angel music that came L
my ears. Then l started down the golden street
:, and the first man met was the sheriff. "-Midde
a tol0n Transcript
70 THE Rev. John Jasper is SO popular in Rich
mond that when stranger inquiries the way t
10 his church the directions are TO take q to
of certain corner and them follow the crowd DR.
Ludlow describes him as of a very few of tn,
old-time colored preachers left in the south. "a
such he is an historical study. But he is of still
y greater interest as showing the capabilities of th
negro mind. Ifsuch forceful oratory, such powe
re to sway of his CASTE be compatible with ute