National Republican., 1883-12-17

WEN StOuOtOUU bncbp arc Wlbnln Llb DOrs
dors OF Bernadillo county. Now Mexico.
PRIZE fight between two women for $40
side was recent novelty in Austin, Texas, ID
In Mexico women are not allowed to attend
funerals. They are, however, mRgnauimouslY
accorded tho privilege Of being present at all wed.
dings
BROADWAY. New York, Ia crowded with
street Arabs who live by stealing pet dogs from
ladies out shopping, mud then returning them
when reward is offered.
PRoF. HUXLEY says that an acro of good
fishing ground will yield more food IN n week
than al acre Of the best land will produce In a
year. 1t will also furnish more sport,
How OLD are youp little boy asked Of
little girl. "oh, you mustn't ask me that"
why ?" "'Cause q gentleman ough,en ask O
lady her age, I'm gcin' on 8; now there."--
Arkdnsds Trdpelsr.
REV. II. JONES, In CdSsclrs Magasine,
laments the pain inflicted on worm by impnlipg
IL alive on FISH hook, aud says he 1rst kills tho
worms he uses for bait by dropping them In hot
| water. Dear, kind man
PRINCE BISMARCK is described as looking
very i'll aud feeble. His face is yellow from jaun-
dice and terribly thin. Ho has lost nearly all his
| flesh, and the elasticity and yigor that used to
characterize his gait are all gone.
BILLY FLORENCE says that only two actors
have ever held foreign appointments ut the hands
OF the United States government Mr.. Cooper was
appointed by President Tyler and John Howard
Payne was consul at Tunis when he died.
The Prince Of Wales sent his eldest son off
| TO Cambridge because he fell in love with q beau
tiful American girl. The prince believes In pro-
lection for home industries. and will not tolerate
anything like competition in his Geld Of labor.
A cLuB Of fifty young men In Denver
/ Ia r IA kuoa. .hrea ahpa nj nar
Christmas. This will give the young ladies oppor-
| tunity to stand on the street corners and ''get
even" for some Of the rainy day romarks they may
| have overheard.
IT is stated that between East aud West
Pearl rivers, on the borders Of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, is territory called Honey island, with
500 inhabitants, located iu numerous small towns
who claim that they are on neutral ground and
belong to no state.
APRoPos of the announcement of tho en-
gagement OF Miss jennie Flood, the bonanza
kings daughter to an English nobieman, Chi
cago paper recalls the story OF hor love for young
| clerk IN her iither's bank In San Francisco, and
says that. though she may marry some one
else, her heart does not so with her hand. Her
| faith er discharged the young man on learning of
the attachment, and hurried Miss Jennie Off to
| Europe.
The editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Constit,,-
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| Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort, and the
| gentleman who is "subbng" for him at home
gives him this nice editorial puff; "AIr. Randalla
pen has traced newer ray of beauty about the
| historic water lines in Virginia. He has added
something ofthe charm of that genius which IRA
| dated the isles of Greece and which gilded the
gray waste by Missolonghis shore.'"
SPEAKING of plagiarism Mr.. Labouchere
has something rather sensible to say. There Is
| nothing new and original under tho sun ~ he ra.
marks, land the notes on which q dramatist can
ring his changes are not nearly so numerous as
| the keys on an ordinary piano. Whenever o tune
is composed some wseacre gets up aud says: 4
have heard that before. II is the same with
play. Some part or other Of IL has always been
heard before. The skill of the dramatst consists
In eoncealing his old tunes--if he can."
THERE is promise that the Lick trust,
which has dragged along for years. will bs settled
in short time. The san Francisco courts have
decided that the trustees must pay the bequests
without waiting for the completion Of the tele-
scope and other fixtures OF the Mount Hamilton
observatory. So several charitable institutions
will rejoice. and the city will get, In due time.
free baths for Its hoodums, and some bad statuary,
one OF the provisions of the eccentric mllionairea
will being for statue of the author Of "The Star.
Spangled Banner"
IT is not generally known that there is
gold mine In Stanley county, N. c.. owned by the
late President James A. Garfield. The mine Is
known as the fagtown mine. and was bought by
the president shortly before he was assassinated.
President Garfield not only bought the mine, but
| est ablished at the mine postofice called Flag
town. The mine has been lying idle, but the man
In charge Of the property has received letter
from Mrs. Garfield stating that she intends TO visit
the mine In person next summer and make ar
rangements to have II properly worked.
THE expectation Of large quantities Of
human hair to France and England lately aroused
the curiosity of the police authorities in tho
Russian province OF Pskov and suspicious Of
fraud led to the arrest OF priest named seraphin.
Itwas then discovered that this man last year
founded q religious sect, all the members Of which
were compelled to sacrifice their hair rs symbol
OF obedience 10 tho superior. The locks OF tho
faithful were consigned 10 a brother Of Seraphip,
who is, or was, O fashionable hair dresser in st.
Petersburg and large profit was fraternally
divided. Seraphin is now in jail, and the order
of the Seraphinoyski has been extinguished.
BEEF tea has become popular barroom
beverage In Omaha. The demand, which began
to be lively early in the autumn, has now attained
such proportions that the prohibition folks are
perfectly delighted. Said philosophical bar
kee per TO a reporter the other day: "At hTAt We
laughed at the idea OF going 10 the trouble OF
making II, hut now we laugh because We do make
It, We sell over one hundred drinks per day, and
| - u lO-oeut urlnK tnoro lb no TchSou Wuy Wo
should not smile. Who drinks 1t, do you say
Why. everybody; the man about town who has
been out with the boys comes In here in the moru-
ing aud calls for beef tea the business man coined
In in the afternoon and braces his system with
beef tea; the temperance man who drops In with
q bibulous friend takes beef tea; and, in fact
everybody is becoming slave to It,"
Mr.. j. ID. RICE, Of Philadelphia, mas Q
scheme he sends to me which Is at least unique
He proposes to make war on the liquor interest,
not by prohibition nor by crusades, nor even by
the eloquence OF Mr. Cough and Mr.. Murphy, but
by decreasing the number OF licenses for the sale
OF liquor and putting them up at auction for pre-
miums over aud above the license feo, the net
, proceeds to accrue to the city treasury. He op-
poses any graded licenses. He says that IL the
greatest moral effort could close up 1000 saloons
in New York city, which would be 20 per cant, 1t
would be thought to be work fgreat import
ance, but II the people would start on the 20 per
cent. decrease system IL would divide the liquor
Interests aud by slowly tightening the percentage
prepare the people 10 come face 10 face with the
intempeTance problem.