National Republican., 1883-01-03

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Mrs. Phil Armour, wife of the great pork
packer supports u very large kindergarten.
Cincinnati judge has decided that the
word damn is not profane. When this decision Is
generally known the word will become almost OBJ
solete save in sermons-Nortsown Herald.
The American Peace society, it is UNDER
stood, will make strong effort TO have all future
wars fought soley by policemen armed with revol.
vers, in order to prevent Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
A man was found dead at the Merriwether
hoIel, Frank ort, KY He had blown out his gas.
Sad affair."" said the landlord, speaking of tho
event. "I should say 1t wusl over 200 feet of
gas escapedr
During his term of Office from 1878 to 1880,
Gov. Cobb, OF Aabama granted 252 commuta-
ions and pardons. Many of these were for minor
oflensos, like ioreitiug bail. There was an aver
age OF over one pardon for every wesk in the
year.
A private letter received in New York from
Paris states that Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer,
has disappeared from that city in most n,ys-
terious manner, and is supposed to have returned
to Africa. De Bgazza, the rival explorer is very
dangerously i'll.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says that George
Washington "swUre like Il trooper" 1t would
ing on the sidewalk, with the slippery side up,
one hundred years ago, the same as in our day.
N0rristopn Herald.
When Modjeska played Frou Frou in New
York the other evening Jay Gould was present
and the Morning journal says that Mr.. Gould
almost broke down. He wept coIiously aud wiped
his eyes with his handkerchief aud blew his fly
million dollar nose
Judge James Garland of Lynchburg Va,
has just retired from the bench at the age of 81.
History records but one instance before this of u
judge reaching his Goth year while yet performing
the.duties Of the bench. That was Sir John More,
and Judge Garland exceeds even him.
The Louisville Courer-JOuraG! of Wednes-
day prints the se,ond item under the genei al
head ORA Horrible Record of Ch ismas Crimes"
an account of fashionable wedding at Coying-
ton. The bride aud groom must feel happy over
the classification of their matrimonial deed
An old topper was locked in police cell at
Dallas, Texas. In the night he yelled for help
declaring that a monkey was In the room. A
policeman thought he had the delirium tremens
and assured him that he saw nothing. Amer that
he became more frantic, aud in the morning was
found dead The monkey was no deluson, how
ever but had got into the cell after escaping from
its owner, an incarcerated org0n grinder.
A movement among Texas stock men to dis
arm their cowboys was deridod at first but is now
said to be making considerable heQdway Several
stock men announced that they would not em-
ploy anybody who carried a deadly weapon. 1t
was predicted that they would soon be compelled
to rescind this order but the Stock Journal says
that they find no difficulty in getting and keeping
employees, and that, as soon as the plan is put ON
trial on adjoining ranches, the cowboys will be-
come its strongest advocates
The story is told in Hartford of discharged
cta atn tNria, no In.
that city burst into tears and was inconsolablo
because he had left his pet mouse in his cell, The
little beast was the only friend he had. It came
from a hole in the corner every morning, aud ntc
the ecrumbs from his hand. "IIe would playfuly
run down my arm and play about my face let me
feed him. and stay by me when was eating my
supper" he said; ''when went into my cell, and
did not pay immediate attention to my little pet
he would chatter and scold at me in such an
earnest way that IL made me laugh He was my
one friend, and have come away forgetting
him." The agent ofthe prison association restored
the mouse to his friend
A bevy of young ladies huggcd and kissed
some new female arrivals at a Boston fdepol with
so much ardor aud affection that a young man
standing by was moved 20 burlesque their actions
by sezlng upon a masculine friend embracing
him with glee ana affecting to kiss him with
much loud lNblal smactng. While thus engaged
one Of the liyeiest Of the girls observed him, aud
stepping up to him, remarked that II he was as
anxious for kiss us he seemed to be he had better
let his friend alone aud kiss her The hilsrlty of
the person thus challenged Immediately vanished;
his jaw fell, and his knees smoto together, aud no
feebly calculated In stammerlng accents: Thank
you; but lin married The Journal inumates
that the young man subsequently, regretted his
self. denial, aud when he came to look around for
the audaclous young woman she had fled.
A young man of Providence has returned
from two years tnp IN the west The pecui-
arty of his travel was that he invariably refused
to pay fare. lie usually rode on the express
trains because they made fewer stops, and he
rarely found a conductor who would delay to put
him off between stations. His appearance was
rather eileminate, and he made It a strict rule
never to talk back, 80 that no escaped the rough
usage which most men would have received.
Occasion lily he would have 10 journey in freight
cars, aud even on the trucks underneath, but
generally he suffered no discomfort, and was able
to save all his money for food and lodging. But
ON Mississippi steamboat he met with less sue
cess. Resolutely refusing to buy ticket, he was
made TO walk plank. which he supposed would
bear him to the shore, on one end sat several
negfoes to hold It in place, but when he got to
the other they arose, and he droppedino mud
and water az the edge Of an uuinhabled island,
from which he escaped aner two days Of starYa-