National Republican., 1883-12-29

mex for the winter Mrs Jones has much
improved in health since her departure last
spring
Gcu Upper and his family left Yesterday
morning for Florida, where they intend to
pass the winter.
Judge William J. Bacon and wife, Of Utica,
N. Y, will spend the winter at the Ebbitt'
SELECTIONS FROM OLD MASTERS.
Some men arc too fascinating TO live. Two
married women of Springfield have eloped
with a man who has red mustache.
Young wooors eating chicken pie should
not forget to'say to the fair ladies by their
sides at dinner time, May lay my bones
by yoursp Weddings are warranted to fol-
low.
"ouda" the novelist, rarely encourages
any one TO talk with her. Indeed, she has
no hesitation in saying that she despises peo-
pie generally, and greatly prefers the COM
pany of her dogs and cats and horses.
After praying constantly for twenty-four
hours an Ohio widow found $4,000 which
her husband had concealed before his death,
and for which she had searched unsuccess..
widows to pray.
Tho empress Of Austria has ordered that
| her stables in England be dismantled, as her
physician has forbidden her to hunt. Tho
empress Is now devotinR herself to Literally
work, poetry being her speciality. She has
started printing press at the imperial palace
at Godollo.
A woman's brain Is of finer quality than
that of man. Fineness of brain gives quick
moss of perception, and we SEQ tnat fact IL
lustrated in this A woman can tell what
another. woman has got on at glance,
whereas man might study the matter year
and be no wiser.
A writer, probably one of the sealskin
sacque gender, and unmarried, asks Did
you over watch dear little baby waking up
in the morning2" We never did. Tho dear
| little angel always awoke 80 confounded early
that wo were not ready to open our eyes,
NoujstOwH Herald.
A Texas woman chased her husband a mile
and q half with club for winking at the
hired girl, aud he only escaped her by climb
| ing q Telegraph pole. At latest advices she
was sitting at the foot of the pole waiting for
| the crowd to leave so she could 90 up and SEQ
him.-Bismarck Tribune
The popular notion that fortune distrib-
utes her tavors with reckless hand is illus
trated by the circumstances that while Mr..
Alfred Tonnyson has been raised to baron
otcy, Mrs Julia A. Moore the sweet singer
of Michigan, is running a small water-powor
grist mill at Montgomery siding.
II is said that mice are just as much afraid
| of women as women are of mice. But as the
screaming apparatus of the latter is not con-
structed on the same principle as that of the
former, they are restrained from communi-
eating the intelligence TO the people, in the
adjoining towns. Yonkers Statesman.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard. the writer of
one of the best novels of the day, is de-
scribed in letter from Rome as "a magnif-
cent blonde, of generous proportions, with
charming eyes of hazel cast-such woman
as, one of her admirers recently remarked,
men were once wont to fight for in the lists"
A Cleveland woman tried holding baby
as collateral security for board bill. She
took care of tho child, 80 that its mother
could work in q store. When the mother
failed to pay the bill she refused to give IL up,
and the owner of the property had to seek
courts of law and get writ of habeas corpus.
80, Amy" said the high school girls friend
last night, "you ought to have seen me catch
on to Gus's arm yesterday" My dear" re-
piled the high school girl, after your studies
of anatomy have further progressed you will
not say catch on to his arm, but L grasped
his humerus with my phalanges.' oil City
Derrick. f8 8r
One of the novelties in London Is the liter
airy bracelet. 1t is made of twelve tiny books
Silver or gold) attached to each other by q
enamelled name of a favorite poet or novel
est There are also musical bracelets of the
same model only they. of course have the
names of operas or composers.
Miss Strickland once spent an evening with
Mrs. Inchbald. 1t was bitterly cold weather
the fire was low, and at last she could stand
it no longer, and arose to go. Mrs. Inchbald
not being able to make up her mind to the
extrayagance of putting on more coal, but
| being eQuallv daSirOug aninv thu ta1x nv
claimed: "Oh, stay little longer, and l will
push all the fire to your side"
In recent letter to friend in Louisville,
DR.. Ham Griffin, the stepfather of Mary An
derson, says: 1.-THE .jolliest chap have found
over here is the Duke of Portland. He is
quite sweet on Mary. He plays a very good
game of poker, and he chews my 'solace fine
cut tobacco now with great ,ayidity., | have
made myself solid with the duke, and If any
thing happens in the matrimonial line will
not return to the states in o hurry.
A young lady said to her beau,
I'm glad the sneans coming down seau,
| Because now kne u
Wen slolgh riding geau,
So hail to the beautiful sneaul"
The youth shook his head and he sighed
I'm sorry" he sadly replied
~ can't hire sleigh.
. For I'm dead broke to. deigh,
And the pleasure TO us Is deneghed."
-SomervtAe Journal.
"Where are all these handsome young la.
dies going?" asked an old gentleman of q po-
liceman in the Cooper union, as he stood
gazing in admiration at group of dozen
young women who were waiting for the eleva-
tor to carry them to the art and telegraphic
schools on the upper floor of the building.
"They are going to their classes l' was the
answer. "Why, they needn't learn trade
or profession. They're too handsome, and
might easily get married" said the stranger.
"Yes," but they want to be prepared for an
do get married they have to support their
husbands it's we'll enough for them to have q
profession of some kind to fall back upon."-
atlanta Constitution.
RUsHMoRE, o.--Dr A. Page says: ~ have
prescribed Browns Iron Bitters in several in
stances, and in each case obtained good re-