National Republican., 1883-02-08
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scoTcH ginghams are largely imported.
TEXAS has now 5000 miles of railway COM
pleled,
SACRED Sunday concerts are not permitted
| in Philadelphia.
JAGGED, ragged-edged founces and ribbons
are coming In vogue
Mrs. JoHN A. LOGAN reminds one Of por-
trait of Marie Antonette.
PORTLAND Me-, has just celebrated its
two hundred and fflleth year.
HALF a million people live in the $4,000
tenement houses of New York.
MINNIE HAuK has been very successful
with her concerts In tho west
THERE is no older superstition than that
regarding the seating of thirteen at table.
SENATOR SAUNDERS, of Nebraska, is an
uncle of senator-elect Bowen, Of Colorado.
THERE are twenty Greeks in Chicago,
hence when they meet there are ten tugs ofwar. y
A STATEN ISLAND mule is said to be
veteran of the war of 1872 He is still hale aud
hearty.
THE year opens ominously for insurance in
terests. Is it to continue in the same wasteful
| fashion?
GEN. BANKS, of Massachusetts,, pronounces
Gen, Arthur the "fairest minded" of all our
presidents,
CHILDREN are like boils. Everybody
knows how to take care of those that belong to
other people.
WHEN Adolphus placed his arms around
the neck of Angelina he said itwas for neck's
press purpose,
JAY GOULD used to be a cowboy in the
days of his innocent youth but has now de-
veloped into bull.
WILHELMJ played at the silver wedding of
the crown prince and princess of Germany which
occurred recently.
JOHN MoCULLoUGH's last Boston engage
ment will be memorable as the most successful
ever played by the tragedan.
In his inaugural address Gov. o'Neal, of
Alabama, presented 10 his admiring constituents
one sentence containing 200 words.
The car of Russia attended ball. 1t was
not a nihilist ball, however. although doubtless
there arc many such awaiting him.
OLIVER DouD BYRON, the actor, is build
ing new and beautiful cottage at Long Branch,
in Queen Anne style, to cost $4,000.
SOCIETY does not demand culture or refne-
ment Ignorance and vulgarlty slip in when
creased by wealth,-New Orleans Pic1ylne.
NEW YORK policemen have recently taken
part in comic opera chorus, and some of them
are said to sing together like the morning stars.
THE Duke of Wellington once Joined a
famous London gambling house that he might TO
able to blackball his sons If they ever became can
didates.
JUST about this time circuses are keeping
themselves remembered by having ferocous lions
escape and be recaged after desperate battles by
heroic keepers
~ HAVE no wealth." she said 81 can give
you only my hand and heart" And then ls
thought If her heart was as big as her hand she
was indeed wealthy.
THE fainting-away- y-three-times- -n-an-even-
ing racket is Kate Claxton's latest advertisement,
She will never forgive herself fornot having taken
} in the Nowhall house fire.
A PRETTY Hartford widow, named Mrs.
Williams has brought suit against Charles II. En-
mons, prominent tradesman and church men,
z Der, for breach of promise.
DISTINGUISHED Englishman is described
as having a "set of uneven and apparently me-
elected teeth which look like moist cloves stuck
in unhealthy sealing wax"
MISSOURI is about to spend $4,000 in find
ing out about herself She suspects that she con-
tains some of the richest ores ON earth, and q
geologist is to make thorough investigation.
WHEN man "mysteriously disappears "
nowadays his friends don't begin dragging the
river or casting around for murderer until 1t Is
known how his books stand aud how much
Q money he has borrowed.
ONLY one of class of fifteen girls in q
: Michigan high school could tell anything about
the great fires and accidents reported since the
new year began, and that one was not quite clear
on the location Of the Rewhall house.
7 NEW profession, that of accompanying
young girls to and from balls is reported to have
been recently started. Hairdressers adverlis o
that they will dress the hair of ladies and then
q escort them TO their place of destination
MISS GERTRUDE FRANKLIN and Miss Edith
f Abell will have important roles in b. L, Woolfs
f new opera, "Pounce and Co." New scenery Is be-
o ing painted at the Bijou theater, Boston, includ-
o ing an effective view of workmen's cottages
5 THE mongoose is an animal whose delight
is TO pursue and fight snakes, Of which it has no
l. fear, and Texas man, who had pet mongoose,
= gave the animal liquor TO produce delirium
= tremens, because he thought 1t would make the
a creature so happy.
Q They are now telling a story about Chi
o cago girl who insisted on throwing her shoe after
/ a newly married couple. The carriage is a total
wreck, a doctor has the bride and the horse under
treatment and large numbers Of men are search
d ing the ruins for the groom-Chq8
. BISMARCK is an excellent linguist. His
y French is equal to that of native of Geneva, and
he speaks and writes English iuently. lie learned
% Russian in 81, Petersburg, aud the Emperor Alex
apder II was greatly astonished when Prince Bis.
msrek made him quite little speech IN perfect
4 Moscoyte.
3, A PrrTsBURG lawyer became clergyman
% and tried his hand at preaching for while, but
r at last found Il failure, He looked around for
some sphere of usefulness in which his talents
't might lind iair field for their exercise, AfteT
making several misfs, he procured position as
II baggage smasber at a railway station, In this he
ID is said to magnify his oice, and conduct himself
y with becoming and acceptable energy
~ YEARS ago there lived in the western part
Of Virginia an old gentleman named shumate
whose antipathy to cats was so great that he made
" Il his business to kin every one that he could find
N At his death cats collected to the number of five
10 hundred and attended the funeral in procession
IN and aiterward quietly dispersed to their homes
20 where they spent the remainder Of their lives In
10 peace their great enemy being dead. This re-
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