National Republican., 1883-10-05
CURRENT GOSSIP.

JUDGE FORAKER, of Ohio, eats his corn off
the cob. +
THE public debt must go--if the republican
party remains in power
The Observation-Disclosures is the m-rh-
m-mnn who b-b.b-breals his wor- wor-word.
LEVY will toot at the Pittsburg exposition
TO the tune Of 500 per day. Later.-No he
won't.
This is the power behind the thrown" re-
marked the man who was pitched from his horse,
as he pointed to the animal.
DELEGATES from twenty-throe states are
IN chicago for the purpose of organizing n ma
ional laundrymau's association.
SENATOR EDMUNDs and Gov. Butler will
argue the test greenback case before tho United
States supreme court next week.
BACON said that reading malxeth n full
man." but Bacon appears TO be obliyious ofthe fact
that many other things are more often used than
reading for that purpose. city Derrick
"CoME away from that straw stack, chile"
called negro woman to her SON. "Fust thing
yer know yer'll hab de hay fever Doan yer put
none oh dat straw in yer mouG"--Arkansaio
Traveller
THE London AthenUum says that ain con-
sequence of the orders received by Messrs Mac
milan &c Co., they have found 1t necessary to
print 100000 copies of the first numb Der Of the Eng
lish Illustrated Ndgd=tno.
A MINISTER who had passed around the hat
unsuccessfully at country church said "NIy good
people, hog cholera has broken ont in this neigh
borhood and l advise you all to leave the coun-
try"-Arkansato Traveller
DIR. GEORGE i. MILLER, editor of tho
Omaha Herald, is now in London. This evidence
ofgood feeling will do much toward promoting
friendly relations between two cities which have
hitherto been bitter rivals. Chicago Nei0s.
A FREE AND EASY sort of fellow of New
York says the reduction In the price of morning
dalies is all right so fur as II goes but what he
wants TO see is 50per cent reduction in the other
neceSsaries of life--such us beer, pool. tobacco
thcater tickets, and scarfpins.- -NoriiStown Herald
DIR. AL WATTS says the pug dog never
bites. We don't SEQ why he should. He Is petted
and coddled as If he were baby. It is the "yal-
ler dog that is kicked from pillar to post that has
the most reason to bite, but he is mainly on the
lookout for a bite of something to eat.-SomerUnle
JourRaI
A YOUNG lady the other day presented her
self to the gentlemany librarian of our public
library, and inquired If "An Idle Clergyman" was
in. Somehow things had got mixed. 1t was fl.
nally evolved that the book she desired was "a
Reverend IDOL" Verify, what's in name?-
LoLeH Citizen.
IT is not true that Whitelaw Reid will be
n candidate for United States senator from New
York 1t would be pleasant to see him q candi-
date just for the fun of seeing him downed. but he
is too busy nowadays trying to introduce the
cent piece into literature TO have any time for
poltics.-C Chicago NetcS.
SENTIMENT on the Bois do Boulogne:
Romeo and Juliet are promenNding on Il beauti-
ful summer evening. Romeo raising his eyes to
heaven eXclaims, what an admirable spectaclei
Look at those thousand stars that sparlile" YES"
replies Juliet "they remind you Of the lanterns
on the carriages" ."-Frcnch paper.
AN "old bachelor writing in the Philadel-
phia Call, says: "Conjugal infelicity is earth's
most fiery hell and Is the result of bad courting.
Why man who is experiencing that sort of do
meStic atmosphere should sign himself an ''old
bachelor is obvious. But he shouldn't go behind
the returns-Norristo,Un Herald
AT meeting of tho executive board of the
Brewers aud Liquor Dealers association of Ohib
in Cincinnati. it was recommended to brewers
and distillers that owing to the threatening aspecG
of the prohibitory amendment, no grain be pur-
chased by any one connected with the trade until
| the result of tho election is known.
IN one of Boston's leading clubs two promi-
nent members were discussing the pecadiloes
another member. Said one, "That fellow deserve
| to be expelled. He has broken every rule of the
| club. save one" (Which rule is that?" asked the
other. "That which forbids feeling the servants
was the answer Saturday Erenfng Gazette,
A CLEVELAND person by the name of Arm
strong has been 10 call upon Mr.. Tllden, and was
surprised to learn that the old gentleman goes up
ste rs without the least discomfort. This, of
course, hes deep significance. But what in the
world possesses the old gentleman that he keeps
his cider barrel in the attic instead of the cellar?
THE mother of the high school girl, having
hn
speech with the remark. That's the word with
the bark on" The high school girl said the ex
preston was not genteel aud told her mother that
she should have said, "That is the exonenous
combination of articulate and vocal sounds"--
OIL city DerTick.
HAVE you ever nOticed-and of course
you have-that when a street orgailist strikes up
your lavorte tune he will choke 1t off suddenly
with raspiug noise before half of 1t is ground
out, while the air that makes you feel like imbru-
ing your hands in human gore he will play all out
and then commence at the other end and give it
an encore?-ErchaHge
"AH, Victorine, my poor girl, how you
have changedw 1t is because have just come
from the dentists, madame; he pull ed out two of
my teeth" "Two? "Yes madame; good ono
and then bad one he made mistake the first
time" "How horrible r "But 1t doesn't mat
ter. He was very reasonable he only made me
pay for one."-Pdris Paper.
OCCASIONALLY we see q Mr.. Dezendorf' s
name mentioned in the public prints. Inasmuch
as he writes himself down an ex congressman, he
can't be of much account. He Is probably tho
same person vino used to talk wildly about reform,
and ut the same time took postage stamps In pay
mont of political assessments. The pile driver of
public scorn didn't strike him any too soon.--.
Chicago NetoS
A CINCINNATI weekly comes to this Office
with very excellent portrait of John II. Mclean,
, who, We gather from perusal of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gd=ctte is a candidate for sort of
office in Ohio. His picture represents him as a
young person o inonensve appearance There Is
an expression Of pain about the eyes, however,
that induces the suspicion that while Mr.. Mclean
was sitting for the picture one of his gallusea
broke
Mr.. KIMBALL, the present vice president
of the Rock Island, took seat behind two section
5 men in n coach leaving Davenport for Chicago
The conductor came In and collected fare from
one of the men, the other having previously paid
Said the latter, to gag his friend ~ can travel on
this road whenever want to, and never pay d
cent" How's thGt?" said the other. "Its Sc
: cret," said the first. Mr., Kimbal pricked up his
: ears, and thought he had good-sized "hen on"
:, The Paddy who last paid his fare got Off at way
= station, and Mr. Kimball slipped into the vacated