National Republican., 1883-03-02
w1surSorox, March 1.

WAsHINGToN was naturally a soldier.
Born late in February, he was soon on the March.
THE st. Louisians buy 5000 violins every
year-probably because they can't get aocorde-
ons.
TIE Lancaster Nep Era heads an article,
"A Pastor in Paradise" Is this something un-
usual3
AN Ohio man writes that he wants for Q
wife "a intelligent woman good feachures fair
complexion good hight"
A MICHIGAN man got ahead Of q saw log
going down a hill. and he says $4,000 in gold
wouldn't hire him to try II again.-Detroa FFes
| Press.
The man who will invent sealslcin sacquo
which can be worn in summer time will gain the
everlasting regard of several thousand American
women.-7he Drummer.
A BALTIMORE woman has recovered her
lost dog afler years separation. There arc In
the lives Of Baltimore women events that would
fll whole original poem.
IT is related of the famous Spanish banker,
Don jose de Salamanca, who died recently that
| In 1858 he gave single dinner that cost $4,000
| Don Jose evidently paid the highest market price
for pie.
IT Is decreed that English sparrows shall
| be extemnated, but IL is often easier to enact
laws against nuisances than TO enforce thom. The
little fellows have acted as If they had come TO
stay.
A NEGRO from Memphis, unable to find
work In st. Louis, put on feminine apparel, called
himself Dora Newman and got some house work.
He is likely, II may be added, to get some work
house.
A NUMBER of Stockton, Oregon, boys were
arrested few days ago while engaged in playing
poker and shaking dice in the steeple Of the Con-
gregational church, which they had fitted up with
tab .es, chairs, &c.
A New York man was so enraptured with
q lady ut fancy ball that he offered her 500 TO
unmask. She accepted the money, saying: "Now
your wife can pay the servant girls back wages"
| 1t was his mother-in-law.
JOAQUIN MILLER recited to lady who had
invited him to her house some of his verses.
"How beautifulP' she said. "why don't you
print your poetry sometimes, Mr.. Mller3" Then
Joaquin said big words and went rapidly home.
A VERY thoughtful lady is the widow of the
late Gov. Morgan. She not only requested the
pallbearers at her husbands funeral to remain
covered, but she insisted that they should not ex-
pose themselves to the inclemency of the weather.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin says that tho
great skill acquired by the rcmen Of that city In
the use Of the Pomper ladders since the burning
Of the Newhall houIe shows what might have
been done at the Newhall by a trained corps OF
life savers.
GAS company has failed in Paris. No
particulars given, but II is surmised that they
undertook to supply their customers with uni
form article of gas Of high quality. There is no
danger Of any gas company in this country falling
in that way.
In many parts of Sweden exist enormous
quantities of beached moses which grew many
ages ago. A manuactory of paper from this ma
terial has begun operations near Joenkoeping,
and is said to be turning out product of excel
lent quality.
SOME one truly says that one constantly
sees styles graceful and beautiful in themselves,
rendered not only nugatory, but positively ugly,
because not in harmony with the person of the
wearer. There is great deal more truth than
, poetry in this remark.
! IN spite Of British law in India q case Of
suttee OF wife burning occurred recently at Utarna,
! in Joypore the victim being tho widow Of the
chief Of the village The insgators of the sacri-
fee, who and brothers Of the chief, have
been sentenced to imprisonment.
ADVERTISEMENT in South German paper:
: "With my departure out of Wuerzburg to my
. love- worthy wife, the Mrs. Matilda Frank, born
siebenlst, kg. Juliuspital. high foresters daugh
ter, a farewell. Wuerzburg, 20 December, 1882
|, Frank, board Of revenue secretary"
A BRIGHT little three-y likes very
, singing, One day the choir sang, Rock OF Ages.
Cleft for Me- and, after she got home the little
!, one was heard singing, very seriously, Rock the
: : babies, kept Tor me."-Nursery Tales.
! AT Chinese theater In San Francisco re
+ Gently the curtain was rung down after perform-
r ance Testing o. ly eleven and O half hours the
regulation time being twelve hours. This curtail-
ment of their enjoyment 80 incensed the audience
that riot ensued, and the police had 10 DO called
f in to eject the disturbers.
AN English society paper says that Mrs.
Hicks Lord Is shortly TO De married TO a wealthy
. nobeman of England. "She IL WORTH" II says,
- 4" 60, 900 900 herself and has survived three hus
a bands, Mr., Hicks, Mr.. Lord, and Mr.. Charles o.
Q Connor, eminent lawyer. 1t il not known
T. whether she is now marrying for love or In the
- interest of some cemetery association"
!, THEY have accommodating people in Lead
u vile; man fell in love with u woman In that
alitudnous camp and swore that he would kill
himself unless she married him. The woman
upon hearing this polkaed around the corner aud
!. bought pistol for min. He carried out his prom
ise and shot himself through the bowels. There
n is nothing Leadville woman will not do for q
man who loves her.
j. NOT long ago an officer Of the army who,
having lost his upper teeth, wore false set, was
IS engaged In serious conversation with some ln-
ls dials His plate troubled him, he took 1t out
II watched the process with unelgned astonishment.
y When the captain, putting the plate in his
mouth, went ON with the conversation, they
sprang TO their feet and LEFT the room aud post in
i. all haste, and with every symptom Of extreme
10 terror WdVs.
SOME years ago a man died at Neuichatel
m whom everybody supposed TO be perfectly sane,
n but among whose papers was found "a document
l. of d somewhat crazy ripton-nothing less
ie than regularly drawn up partnership contract
between himself and God. Isaac Vaugneaux im-
agned that God was his partner In the liquor busi-
y ness The Almighty was to give His blessing 10
n lieu of capital aud His share Of the profits was "a
l. be given TO the poor. Iaac prospered, at all
i events, and every year regularly distributed 7 732G
francs SO centimes TO the poor of the city. The
70 whole business contract has been published us
As curiosity in the Revue ScieniNqas
70 ALoNDoN correspondent writes: The Other
SO day the Prince Of Wales went down TO Cannes
where the prime minister, Gladstone, has been
", seeking health that he hasn't lost The object o
I'll the visit is more than any find out, buI
as ds il is known that the prince and premier are a.
as thick as thieves and twice as mysterious Glad
lie stone having been crafty sick, rejoces his party
be with news Of his rapid recovery and the opening
of parliament soon 10 follow his early return
ed leads one to suspect that the "grand old man
u, will more than ever be the man of the time II 4
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