National Republican., 1883-04-24

Although they wind her in her shroud;
The garden stays where the flowers have fed
And must live though she is dead.
Each month had seemed summer weather
Could we have braved each month together;
But winters come while the rose is red
And must live though she is dead.
We vowed that none should part us ever
Ahl God, the FOOLISH poor endeavorl
She could not stay though she were wed
And i must live though she is dead.
-Hdy PTobm.
IHE friends of Congressman Perry Rel
mont, Of Babylon, are preparing to give dinner
IN his honor. ..-....t
PROF. G. II. HITCHCOCK, of Dartmouth, has
returned from the Sandwich islands and resumed
his college duties
THE children at tho English ZOO have
transferred their elephantine affections to Jlngo
Jumbos attractive successor.
A MURDERER who was hanged by mob at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, turns out to have been son OF
Quantrcll, the Missouri guerrilla.
lNAsMUcH as an elephant has no children
until she is thirty, and never more than six tits
marvellous where all the ivory, now so scarce, has
come from.
LONDON Truth: Although each year gives
us hundcd new plays nothingis so rare as the
dramatic faculty and still morerarely is IL allied
with the literary faculty"s
EDWARD Mock, who died at Youngstown.
Ohio, on Friday, was born in England in 1902
CAME to the United states in 1884, and first intro.
duced here the method Of working iron by boil.
ing.
A LEXINGTON, KY, doctor hangs out the
following sign: DR.. Tooles, scientific carver of
toes and limbs specialist and expert in removing
rleumatign. nd cra
ing to nature"
MIR. HAYES, formerly of the white house.
mas agreed TO pay ne-fourth the cost of a new
Methodist Episcopal church at Fremont Ohio He
iurther has declared that he is willing to assume
the church debt for five years without interest.
GEN. QUINCY A. GILMORE and wife are
now in Savannah, Ga, and intend to remain there
ior some time, the general not having yet entirely
recovered from his severe illness. The officers
quarters In oglethorpe barracks have been fitted
up for their accommodation.
PRESIDENT LINcoLNs Is monument at Spring.
field, ILL.,, Is taking its final shape slowly. The
cavalry group was placed in position the other
day. This group consists of two human figures
and horse, and represents battle scene. The
horse, hom whose back the rider has lust fallen
is represented as frantically upreariug.
A CHICAGO undertaken said the most COSTLY
Ohs
$1,000 to be spent for her funeral expenses. The
casket itself cost sl,4oO. Itwas lined with black
and purple silk velvet and had solid gold plate
which alone cost $500. The florists bill was S9lo
Drapings, carriages, and numerous other incl
dental expenses made up bill of s5,Oo0
DAKOTA is getting large share of this
springs emigration. Two trains a day now leave
Chicago bound through to that territory and It is
estimated that its southern half will contain be-
fore the end of the year population OF over
$4,000. A popularity Of this occupation Is that
the corners are chiefly from other parts Of tho
United States fully 90 por cent of the present in.
habitants being native Americans.
GEN. ROBERT L. TooMBs vigorously on
posed the issue Of q special bond to the Georgia
state university TO cover ex.Gov. Browns $4,000
donation" saying among other things, that it
was not donation to the state university for It's
own use, but for the benefit OF Mr.. Browns fam
lily and the North Georgia college. and that a
$50 900 bond for fifty years at per cent interest
issued by the state of Georgia is worth in tho
market $4,000.
HORRIBLE discovery Is said TO have been
made by tho Old Testament revisers. The word
"rib" in the second chapter OF Genesis used in
describing the creation of Eve ought more cor
rectly to be rendered "tail!" This is indeed con.
frmation strong of the theories OF Darwin. Again,
the "ravens" which fed Elijah were not ravens
at all, but "gypsies," and so another cherished
illusion is dispelled, and the historic value Of Sir
Frederick Leightons picture of elijah and the
Ravens" is seriously impaired.
The Pail Mall Gazette "a Catholic toler.
ance of many varieties of thought and feeling is
essential to the wise critic as to the political
and religious controversialist. A man, therefore,
is not bamable simply as belonging to ono Of the
| legitimate types, nor when we have acknowledged
its legitimacy is there any sense in finding fault
with him for not exhibiting different set of quail
tiles. This may be fairly (though not quite accu-
rately) expressed in terms Of criticism by saying
that We should not blame man for not being
| ADLER than he is"
MACON county, ILL.,, boasts the Oldest man
in the state II not the Oldest in the country, His
name Is Robert Gibson, and his age is over ll6
| years. He is feet inches in height and weighs
| l45 pounds He rocolects dimly the revolutionary
war and the presidency of Gen. Washington. Mr..
| Gibson's eldest boy is now q lad ofS1, and his
"baby," with whom he is now living, is A. He
has been twice married, and has thirteen children
living and three dead. One Of HIS sons has twenty
children. His direct descendants now reaching
! to the fifth generation, number nearly 400.
PUEBLO Chieftdin: One of the strangest and
most remarkable freaks Of nature we ever saw was
received yesterday by Mr.. Edward Austin from
friend in New Mexico. 1t is root of pinion tree,
| knotted and twisted but forming perfect resem-
blance to two human beings standing face to face
with hands clasped and arms extended 1t is 70
fanciful resemblance, but the features, ears eyes,
nose, mouth, arms, legs. and body of each are alb
solutely perfect Dame nature has worked many
strange wonders, but this without doubt caps the
climax of anything ever before seen and II Is hard
to believe 1t is not artificial.
THERE are several places in New York city
at which dress suits may be hired for the evening
for parties and dinners. The charge is from So TO
IS for suit One Of the dealers tells journal 70.
porter that during the past winter he rented as
many as hundred suits per week. Ladies' dresses
may also be procured In this way, the charge be-
| ing the same as for q mans suit, except when the
dress is very expensive $40 is asked. That thore
are secrets in the trade is evident for the dealer
said he might tell "of many interesting incidents
in connection with letters, gloves and sometimes
articles Of jewelry found In the pockets Of the re-
turned clothing. But IL would scarcely be fair
| for me TO 60 into details"
MoNcURE d. CONWAY writes from London
to the Cincinnati Commercial that Mr.. Ruskin has
been praislng the work of Mrs Lakey, OF Chicago.
"This lady" adds Mr. Conway, has exhibited
half dozen pictures In London which might we'll
inspire any ono who has eyes with nigh hope for
the future OF American art The largest of these
pictures represents the lord OF small herd, a
superb bull, naughty and dignifed, with COWS OF
various color around him. They are wading in
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