National Republican., 1883-04-17


Whom she went out 10 play
On that mild April afternoon
Might be alive to-day.
-Ed9ne FSe,d.
NOTHING like being we'll up in arithmetic.
A Vassar college girl has gone into half mourning
for half brother.
THE progressive billiard player is one who
makes new rules for the game whenever he In
beaten under old rulos.--Nsp Orleans Pfcdvune
o DONOVAN Rosa, with an unloadod bomb
at each elbow. may now claim TO be the COM
mander.in-chief Of the world.--Aaanta Conslits-
ton
TINY frogs are the latest things in lace
pins They are quite natural looking and sell at
higher price than whole dozen Of the real
article.
Mr.. BEEcHER says: at is not what we
take up but what we give up that makes us rlch."
Mr.. Beecher has evidently been seaslck.-com-
merctai Advertiser,
CORNELIUS, q street masher, was tarred
and feathered at Nashville, Ill.," is the brief
record which the Chicago Tines gives OF great
social reform just begun In the west.
]. II, McvIoKER, tho we'll known Chicago
theater manager, looks so much like Henry Ward
Beecher that he is ofton taken for him. He main
tains that the resemblance ends with the looks.
New York aldermen endeavoring TO
"honor" Peter Cooper become very absurd. They
are not good enough 10 pass set Of resolutions
complim enting such man.-Hot0 Orleans
Picdyune.
A BRITISH oculist, writing for London
medical journal, says that as culture OF interlect
increases the human eye grows smaller, and
gaselle'eyed Syrens and ox.eyed Junos vanish
from society.
The one skipper who had the sense and
grit to sail from Gloucester In defiance of Wgginss
hugger- muggery has returned triumphant, as he
deserved, with one OF the most profitable catches
OF fish over known.
LACE sacks, that wero once tho rage, arc
70 como into fashion again this summer. They
were always pretty and stylish when worn over
light colored silks, and no doubt the ladies Will
hail tho revival Of them with delight.
THE maple sugar crop in Vermont Is ex-
pected 10 be very small. This is surprising but
less so than the reason given, IT seems that tho
snow In the woods is 20 deep and 30 soft from the
recent warm weather that II is impossible to get at
the sugar bushes,
A Mr.. ROBERT GRIFFIN, of London, ID
afraid that the earth will not be large enough to
hold tho inhabitants II will have some years hence
The New orleans Picdyune suggests that Robert Is
living In a very crowded part % the world Set
him down on an American prairie aud he will not
feel so punched up in his mind as he docs at tho
present moment.
The Ithaca Journal relates an incident that
occurred few days since. An old woman 90
years OF age died, and the usual ARRANGEMENTS for
the funeral were made. The CONN was closed
and taken 10 the place OF interment, where the
service was duly Gone through. the eofhr lowered
and tho grave filed In. on returning home,
hntyAyaF raiaifvaa ad IN ina tan
corpse fthe old woman lying upon the bed upon
which she had expired. They had simply for.
gotten to put her In tho coffin.
A NOVEL chase was witnessed in East Marl-
borough. Pa, the other day. Two foxes were dis
covered chasing common cat IN woody hollow.
Tho chase was nip and tuck affair when first
noticed. and 90 continued for few seconds, whom
It was suddenly terminated by tho cat bounding
up tree, and In so doing displayed cunning
ness that must even have surprised the foxes.
| They were close upon the heels OF the cat, and
tabby, realizing her danger, ran first behind the
| tree and then up, so that before her puraueru
could stop and get In position to jump she was up
out Of their reach.
THEo, the French opera bouffe singer about
whom two New York dudes recently had quar-
rel, has husband In Paris, tailor on the Rue st.
Honore, who bliudly shuts his eyes while the
madame faithfully sends home all the money she
makes 10 provide against possible want in their
old days. lie wanted to come over and visit her
lately, but she dIssuaded him in tho strongest
manner, "Let us both make moneywhile we can,"
abe wrote "There will come plenty OF time TO
spend 1t hereafter" There Ia strong, durable
affection between them. When Aho comes home
from her trumphs and her escapades she turns
the earnings she has made into his calAsO and he
puts II in his tailoring business, which Is most
prosperous and to which she is the sole heir, Az
Il IL, Theo has an eye to tho main chance. She
has hosts Of admirers, OF course, in Paris and
they know they please ,her by purchasing heir
latest styles from the tailor husband. He good
tailor, too, which makes II tho less exaoting.
Theo makes II sacred duty TO write twice week
TO her husband and TO send 10 him as oiten as
possible the money she has earned. She has the
usual foreign distrust OF American banks and
financial establishments, and insists upon being
paid in French gold. Not till then does she feel
she owns anything
Mr.. WILLIAM SMITH, one Of the largest
dealers In diamonds in Boston, said 10 Herald
reporter that the trick Of washing diamonds was
quite we'll known In Europe and TO the large
dealers In this country. Some six months ago a
FrenehmAn while experimenting discovered the
secret preparation, and while In Paris washed a
number of cheap diamonds with II and sold them
10 the dealers there for large amounts. Finally
the trick was discovered. The fact was instantly
oabled to New York, and from there to Boston and
other large cities. Undoubtedly great many
people have been swindled in this manner in this
country. For obvious reasons, Mr.. Smith did not
care 10 make the secret public, but said that the
washing was done In very simple manner, the
gems being only dipped in a solution OF chemical
blue which tinged the diamond, and made It ap-
pear like first water stone, This preparation
costs but little and there is but little danger in
practiciug the deceit. A yellow stone amer being
dipped In the solution almost ut once assumes the
blush white luSter possessed by valuable dia-
monds. A diamond thus treated appears to be
worth twice the sum II really Is, and the Swinde
Is seldom diScoyefhd by the purchaser, The pre-,
paration can be fashed OF by frequent applica.
tionk of soap anj'water, but viii usually retain