National Republican., 1883-01-06

in Michigan is iod IN Liverpool for Sl6O n thou
sand.
! "Pancale" is the name Of Missouri man,
who was turned over in q wagon and "done" in
| that way.
Eli Perkins and Sojourner Truth met the
other day. 1t was the first time Ell and truth ever
come so near each other.- Troy Times
DIR. Yates Of Shanghai says the Chinese pay
154752000 annually to quiet the spirits of their
ancestors Chinese ancestors must be very spir-
tied set.
Belgian sparrow has literally built her
nest in the lions mouth, having made her home
in the jaws OF the monumental lion surmounting
the Belgc mound on the field of Waterloo.
Tyndall says that men and women existed
on this enrth 5OOOOOOO years before the date Of
Adam and Eve. But Moses says they didn't
These fellows should hire hall and lecture.
A New York trade journal says that dried
apples are being adulterated this year. 1t is grat-
Tying 10 learn that method of improving dried
apples has been discovered Chicago Tribune.
Texas ought to be the best educated state
In the union by ana by II Ii makes good use of its
public school iund, which now consists of over
S4,00000O iu iuterrst-bearing bonds and money
and S0,O0O,0O0 acres Of land worth S1.50 an acre.
An Ohio pastor had to announce to his con-
gregaton that the marriage ceremony announced
tpr that morning was postponed as the prospec-
tive bridegroom was In Jail for larceny. Then he
preached u sermon from tho text, Thou shalt
| not steal"
Mr. James Payn, the novelist, once corre-
sponded with the edit OF an American maga-
ziue, and told some gentlemanly "club stories"
One day he received letter from the proprietors
of the magazine delicately limiting that he was
corresponding with lady.
Mrs. Upton, wife of Charles L. Upton, the
Rochester City bank embezzler, wrote novel,
&" Castle in the Air." which was published by
Putnam in 1878, and in which occurs chapter
prophctically descriptive OF tho troubles in which
her family are now placed.
Mr.. Wilfrid Blunt, who has recently be-
come so well known as the champion and friend
of Arab Pasha, is good looking man of 49, His
wife is II granddaughter of Byron, and very &C.
| centric in her manners. Mr.. Blunt is u sussex
squire, and devoted Roman Catholic.
Germantown, Pa, has person who can eat
pound Of soap, a half pound OF canales, and
drink pint of lard oil at a single meal. His
name is William Manuel, aud at one time he
filed regular engagement at a saloon giving
exhibitions of his ostrich like appetite
"If every tree is known by its fruit, what
kind of fruit" asks the Boston Transcript does
an axle tree bear?" You had better aX 1t. The
axle-tree under a farm wagon frequently bears
various kinds of fruits-and vegetables also and
that under buggy often bears very soft pars.'
San Francisco papers relate that Rear Ad-
mirGl Schenck, whose death occurred about two
weeks ago. was the first to bring gold east from
California lie was lieutenant then, and was dis
patched with the news of the discovery by Com.
Ap. Catesby Jones. and took with HIM three clapt
cases of gold chunks.
Having in mind the statement that Oscar
Wilde left this country suddenly because he was
NlNa "a
joe or other bunko men, the Kansas City Tim
erects in its columns PLAN white monumental
shaft bearing upon its bpse the simple inscription,
"Hungry Joe, Americas Best Friend"
Mark Twain failed to answer a letter writ
ten to him by Sergeant Bdllantine After waiting
u reasonable time, the latter was so exasperated
at not receiving an answer that he mailed Twain
Il sheet of paper and postage stamp, as gentle
reminder Mr.. Clemens wrote back on postal
"PGper ana stamp receiyedi please send an en-
yelope."
There are some very talented men in Geor-
gia. mun in that state. we are told, can lift
barrel OF whisky and drink from the bung. 1t
may require n thorough college training and
massive intellect to perform such aschoastic feat,
but we can't see that 1t is OF any more value to
man, in business point of view, than TO graduate
ilrst.class ball player.
A party of italian savants have Just gone
home from an expedition TO the South Pacific.
They have settled to their own satisfaction the
question Of the former existence of race OF giants
in Patagonia, as reported by Magellan. In wan
dering over Terra del Fuego tney found human
bones of such size as to convince them of the ve-
racity of Magellan,
Charles f. Freeman, who sacrificed his
child in religious frenzy at Pocasset, Mass,
three years ago, and is now in lunatic asylum,
is regarded as having recovered his reason, and
is likely soon to be released "The child's life
lost" he says, Through ignorance and superstl.
tion. knowledge and science have saved mine
and restored my reason. Intend TO be guided by
reason through the rest of my life"
One of the sights on our streets is dog
that travels on two legs on the same side OF his
body, not touching the ground with the two ON
the other side. The dog stays about the store of
Sneed Brothers. and attracts his share of atteu-
ton. One fhis fore legs is broken, and he fire.
quently dashes around with his body inclined to
one side, so as to balance him without touching
the hind legion the side that he is orppled--to
the ground .-Jackson San.
The Salt Lake Tribune records the case of
a man upon whom mass of dirt fell with such
force as to make his retirement to n hospital an
absolute necessity. The weight of rock aud dirt
struck him in such a manner that II broke his
neck-lhat is, IL shut OF all communication from
the head to the body The doctors are experi-
mentng on hllni ana are IN quanufy lie
smokes cigars and laughs at the doctors attempts
to create q sensation by electricity.
An old man would not believe he could hear
his wife alk distance of five miles by telephone
His better half was in a country store several
miles away, where there was telephone, and the
skepdc was also in place where there was a
similar instrument and on being told how to
operate 1t, he walked boldly up and shouted;
"Hello, sarahl" At that instant lightning struck
the telephone wire and knocked tue man down,
ana as he scrambled to his feet he eXcitedly crled
"Thars Sarah every timel"
Lincoln was railsplitter Garfield was
canal boyi Andrew Johnson was u tailor; Gov
Cleveland sold newspapers the governor of Kan
sas drove oxeni the present governor of Texas
was once a hostleri the present governor of Cali.
fornia was a sailor and afterward swept out a
store, in oroville, for his boardi A. T. Stewart
taught school and sold tape by the pennyworth;
Fred. Gebnardts grandfather picked up junk in
the streets of New York; Jay Gould sold mouse.
trapsi Jim Keene kept livery stable; Rufus
Hatch was locomotive fireman
John d. Miller and his wife of Newburgt
Va, are the not very happy parents of child pro-
dizzy. 1t was born February l. 1865, and therefore
is eighteen years Of age, il weighs twenty two
pounds, and is twenty five inches In height This
wonderful pigmy is of the female sex, and is per.
fectly helpless although It can cry Justify, and
partakes of no food save milk, which is given to