National Republican., 1883-06-07

A FEW of the Lake George boarding houses
aro open for the season, but the servants are vet
in the majority.
SWEET girl graduates are blooming, and tho
academic rostrum will soon be strewn with awfuly
nice adjectves
The new house at Ochre point, Newport,
for Prof Charles w. Shields, of Princeton college
is nearly finished.
BECAUSE of the stiffness of his finger Joints
the Able Liszt has determined mover again to play
the piano in public.
The greatest feminine land owner in Eng
land is Baroness Qu her own right winoughby
d'Evesby, who has an income OF S2jO,O00 from
land
The toothsome sardine-the kind that is
packed in Oils said to be disappearing by the
million. The human "sardine," however, still
exists and fourishes.
SoAP-BUBBLE parties are attracting tho at
tcntion OF western people. Anything with wind
in 1t, from tornado to n stump speaker always
goes great way out there.
THE Duke Of Edinburgh is responsible for
the latest English oraze-mule riding. He intro
duced the fashion by himself riding one of the
particularly fine mules he obtained in Egypt
SINCE returning to Paris from New York,
the Due de Morny has led q crusade against tho
black evening dress coat. lie wears ON all dress
occasions plum colored velvet suit, adorned
with sapphire buttons
Mrs STEWART, Judge and Mrs. Hilton,
Mrs. Judge Russell and family, NJ. Hughes and
family, DR.. and Mrs. Miner, J. b. Hilton, A. Is.
Hilton, and f. Hilton have reached Saratoga, and
are at the Windsor hotel.
FOURTEEN men were dividing two kegs
of ofgunpowdor in house in Canada, and one of
thein was smoking pipe at the time. No one
was killed, but what was LEFT at tho house could
be carried away on q shovel.
AN exchange publishes an article headed
"Barbed Wire Suits" Such clothing is not only
cool in summer, but IL discourages the savage dog
who is always on the qul vive in the vicinity Of
melon patches and apple orchards
HER imperial majesty of Austria is poet
as well sa fearless rider and hunter And now
she has had printing Office set up in her palace,
and is learning to set type and manage press, in
order that she may print her own poems.
A LADY in Washington owns the wedding
vest buttons and knee buckles of "Light Horse
Harry" Lee. They made of opals, surInounted
with diamond. She also has piece Of his watch
chain which he broke one evening while waltz
ing with her grandmother.
A CERTAIN portion of the Boston common
Is to be surrounded with barbod wire fence to
keep the COWS out 1t appears that the dudes who
daily congregate there are often mistaken for
calves, and the lowing kline seem TO think that
they are a little more than kin.
The referees in tho suit of VIM. Poland
and others, contractors, against the city of Boston,
TO recover 100000 damages alleged to hayo been
sustained by plaintiffs by failure OF the city to
carry out its contract with them in b0Glding
sewer, have awarded plaintiffs sG6,OOo
THE editor of village paper near the city
wrote of young gentleman who sang In tho
choir that he was among the best of their ANA.
teur singers, and he was Mortified to see 1t appear
In his paper, Zone OF the best of our amateur
sluggcrs." He has gone fishing until it blows
over.-Ci Cincinnati Saturday Night.
THE Comic de Paris recently sent to nur-
seryman in this country for some dogwood trees,
to plant about his villa at Cannes. One of his
most vivid recollections of this country is of
battle fought by the army OF tho Potomac in tho
Virginia swamps when the woods for miles
around were white with dogwood blossoms
"YoUR son has been knocked of tho rail
way and killed." exclaimed man, approaching
an Arkansas colonel "Who knocked him OFF,"
excitedly demanded the colonel. "a railway en-
gine." "Well. that begins to explain matters for
| / knew develish well he wasn't knocked of by an
| ordinary man. lie was one Of the boys, let mo
tell you"
one said to the other: "Tve put all my dolls into
deep mourning. and it's so becoming to them.
Gene over and see." "What did you do that for?p
| " Oh we had c'lamity. Our dog got killed, aud
there didn't anybody care but mo and them;
we've just cried our eyes out" Then the other
| little girl said: "May Wilson, amt you lucky,
though? There's always something happening
you"
A PETITION has been presented to the house
of lords asking for leave to introduce IL bill with
reference to tho estates of Sir Robert Peel. The
petition has in accordance with the usual practice
| in such cases, been referred to two judges. His
| father, the prime minister baronet who had paid
| tens of thousands for his heir, tied up all his
property as tightly possible. The present baro-
not has been chemically in difficulties. His son
and heir is 16.
| So FAR as can be judged from tho criminal
statistics of the British army at home for the year
1882 the increased severity of the army discipline
act does not appear to have operated in the drec-
ton of diminishing crime in the ranks. Upon an
average strength of some 9O,0 900 noncommissioned
officers and men, representing about one-half Of
the army, there were 3l0 courts martial held and
| 13l, ,i34 minor punishments inflicted by order of
commanding officers.
THE school Of the mobiles in Toxic, Japan,
/ has, in the court behind the school building, a
physical map of that country between 800 and 400
feet long. 1t is made of turf and rock and Is bor
dored with pebbles, which look at n little distance
much like water. Every inlet, river, and mour-
tain Is reproduced in this model with fidelity 70
detail which is simply wonderful. Latitude and
longitude arc indicated by telegraph wires, AID
tables show the position of the cities.
The school of tho mobiles in Toxic, Japan,
has in the court behind the school building, q
physical map of that country between 800 and 400
feet long IL is made of turf and rock, and Is
bordered with pebbles, which look at a little
distance much like water. Every inlet river,
and mountain is reproduced in this model with a
fidelity to detail which is simply wonderful.
Latitude and longitude are indicated by tele-
graph wires, and tablets show the position OF the
cities
THE lawn tennis skirtings which created
such a craze among the fGshionables two years
ago will again occupy prominent place among
the popular fabrics for the mountains, the sea
shore, and tho springs this season. When tho
style was first brought out some very common
and homely materials were used, but the new
goods are expressly adapted TO the purpose and
some Of them are in rich colorings, elegantly
combined. while others are more subdued in tone,
but decidedly neat and handsome.
THE firemen in Jerusalem perform rather
singular service. They are soldiers and carefully
don all their uniforms before going to a scene
of conaagration. Four men lead OF the process.
sion, each armed with a huge battle AK. Each
soldier is fully armed. When they roach the dre
they parade around the burning building until It
Is dagtrOyad uttaring aloud tha aiaou1atfon a. A l.