National Republican., 1883-11-23
CURRENT GOSSIP.

JOE KlPPIER takes $4,000 year easily
out of Puck
A MISSIONARY tells story Of q Zulu chief
who embraced Christianity at once when told Il
meant only one wife, The tawny gentleman was
In search Of peace.
THERE are 1871, 1865 beehives in Franco,
from which have been taken this autumn 1887
2Sl pounds OF honey and 6,60I sos pounds of wax,
the total value of the product amounting TO about
100000.
"YEs," remarked Fitznoodle, "I used to
take my dog out when started on q promenade;
but l don't do IL now. II wasn't pleasant, you
know, to have people inquire which was Fitsnoo.
die and which was the dog"
If IL is true that gold has been discovered
In Salt Lake City, II Is good news for the country
but bad news for the Mormons. The way tho
miuers will flock into the city and crowd the
saints of their town lots will be a caution
al HAVE been behind timo little oil my
life," confessed Brooklyn man yesterday, "and
that four minutes the now time gave us was
blessed thing for melt enabled me to catch up"
And drawing in long breath he went on his way
rejoicing.
Mr.. w. s. GILBERT tho dramatist, is said
to receive $4,000 year from his copyrights. Ho
once, years ago, applied for position as captain
In cavalry regiment, but fortunately for himself
| and the world was not ablo TO pass the required
examination.
WHILE o Chicago girl was bending over
washtub a man slipped up behind her and kisstd d
her. She had him arrested, and jury has Just
decided that he is not guilty and that she must
pay the costs. The majority Of the jurors had
monkeyed around washtubs themselves.
LETTER CARRIER MURPHY, Of San Fran
CISCO, instead of distributing his burden of mail 10
the people living along his route, economical his
time by pitching the load into n catch basln He
had passed n civil service examination with hon
ors but he couldn't pass the sewer with the mail
A VIGOROUS old follow in Maine, who had
lately buried his fourth wife, was accosted by nn
acquaintance, who, unaware Of his bereavement,
asked: "How is your wife, Capt. Plowjogger7" 7" To
which the captain replied with n grave face
"waal, to tell the trewth, I'm kinder out o. wives
Just meow"
THAT engineer who overlook n fugitive
engine on the Cincinnati and st. Louis railway
and boarded 1t from another locomotive whiio
both were in motion, is n hero Ho saved tho
lives of the people in the passenger train which
came along and must have oollided with the run
away little later.
FIVE hundred and fifty thousand dollays
have been raised to relieve the sufferers from the
earthquake at Cassamicciola One of the singular
facts In connection with the great disaster is q
spot surrounded by the ruins covering space of
800 meters square, which escaped untouched, and
every building and ornament is intact.
The other day in Nottingham, England.
awell known female thief succeeded in stealing
trunk from railway station. When, how
ever she opened it and found 1t to be filed with
the body of a child in spirits, human leg and
other portions of the human anatomy, her emo
tions were SO mixed that she surrendered herself
10 the police.
LADY at a Chicago hotel, whose unruly
children annoy everybody In the house, the other
day said to noted teacher sitting near her at the
table Professor, do you believe In the of the
rod In the management of children" The pro-
fessor glsred at her annoying children and grimly
replied; Sometimes madam; but there are cases
when should prefer q revolver"
A LADY in London, who inherited it from
her father is In possession of duplicate of the
ring which Martin Luther gave to his wife, Cath
erlng Bora. The ring was given by Catherine to
Martin, the inscription being sd. Mariino Lu-
thero, Catherine " Boren. 13 Juuii, 1925" 1t is
precisely similar to the one Luther gave his BRIDE
which is now on exhibition In jewelers. shop in
) Frankfort.
Al the seminary of tho foreign missions in
the Rue do Bac, Paris where the missionaries are
instructed in Asiatic Languages, there Ia O. room
full of horrible pictures which represent cruelties
that have been practiced in different lands on
former pupils of the house. Neophytes are made
to study these pictures SO that their nerves may
be proved; and this ordeal is only one among
many by which they have been previously tested
in discretion, temper, and endurance.
ALBANI, at the age of 49, one day amused
herself by singing at the top of her voice the aria
she had heard some then famous artists sing. Sho
was all alone in her parlor, and much enjoyed
what she considered her extravagant burlesques
Of operatc performances. But Franz Liszt was
, somewhere within earshot, and suddenly he burst
3 into the room with his face aglow. "Who was
that singing2" a." "And who are youT' Ma
r rietta Albani" "Well, then, Fraulein Marietta
Albani, do you know that you sing like great
prima donna" Thirty years later the two met
again in Rossini's salon, and List reminded her
of the incident and OF his comment upon her
: singing, which had been so sgnally justified.
d THE older Pacific railways are beginning
to feel the effect Of competition even though
j. issues are pooled and rates maintained. Thus the
September statement of the Union Pacific shows
that the gross earnings 1904 076, decrease
from the corresponding month last year of s176.
230; expenses $685. 1ss. an increase of s274,596
70 surplus earnings ST. 88S. decrease OF S45OS35
: The gross earnings for october show decrease
IS $4,000. The completion of the Burlington to Den
D. yer has hurt the Union Pacific badly and the fall
ing OFF Of the mining business Of Colorado has ais,
l. had its influence But the most important facto
is the completion and increasing popularity Of tn,
new tnrOuBn lines, Wnlcn ure lnblstlng upon
division of the business.
~ A MAN. whose teeth chartered, and who's,
nose was blue with cold entered the waiting room
Al of the Peoples Passenger railway, at Girard
Or nue.. yesterday. and took up position by tn
ID stove that has been newly fitted up with red Using
glass. His face grew cheerful, and moment afte
s. entering he pulled off his overcoat and cast cor
nj temptuous glance at the waiting passengers VIII
=. were stamping about the room. He next drew oi
q. his gloves and mufiors and moved toward tn
door. and began tanning himself with q news
II | paper "When / came In here" he said TO th
ig transfer agent, II nearly rozen but this is
ed excellent fire you are keeping here. little to
~ " hot though for comfort" SIS it?" said the tran,
fer agent with q look of intense disgust "Well,
~, should smile not. Old man, you are of your base
i'm There hain't been fire In that stove since las
lg year. We don't kindle any fire here until Decem
O. ber."-PhAadslphid Gull.
lis IT is not altogether true that George Peel
has made the bulk OF his fortune out of his new
III paper property, the Milwaukee Sun. Outside
~ his journalistic venture Peck has engaged in tw
is or three highly remuneraliyo schemes, notabl
III. his Aspen mine in Colorado and his immenI
US sheep ranch In New Mexico. The Leadvill
he Herald estimates that his share Of the yield OF th
or silver mine for ten months of the current yea
was SS5 900, and paragraph in recent number
to the American Herder says Mr.. Peck's profit froI
he the years shearing in Now Mexico will excee
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