National Republican., 1883-03-22

ana the people when they sec me with one sweet
accord opine
That I'm something in the army from the way nv
buttons shine.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 81, 1883.
AN English paper states that when Oscar
Wilde heard of TabOr's $3.50 night shirt his heart
futtered quite litte Rochester Post Express.
CINCINNATI shipped nearly 5000 cases Of
eggs east last week. This is very suggestive in
connection with the spring lecture announce.
ments.
THERE are two pleasant things this country
has to contemplate for next year. The reinstal-
ment of the republican party and the proposed
trip of Mary Anderson abroad.
The next gubernatorial election is already
under discussion by republicans in Massachu-
sets. Judge Devens, Congressman Robinson and
ex.Gov. Talbot arc talked ofas candidates
A LITTLE boy in Quincy ILL.,, knew what
he was talking about when no closed his evening
prayer by saying, "Good-by, o Lord I'm going
over to Missouri In the. morning. Chicago Inter-
Ocean,
ONE pleasant fact this country has to ponder
over as IL lays itself down to rest at night is that
sugger Sullivan is drinking about fifteen times
more whisky than is good for him.--Rochesler
Post Express.
FRENcHY JOHNSON has died of consumv.
tion in Florida. Gle was from Boston, and in ad-
dition to oommendable rowing record enjoyed
the fame of being the only professional colored
oarsman In the world
A SOCIAL philosopher declares that accord
Ing to his best knowledge not single divorce has
ever occurred where the hash was honestly made
aud the steak was done to turn. DR.. Dix has
not mentioned this fact but then DR.. Dix does
not know everything.
A FEW days ago Gov. Cleveland pardoned
an Auburn prison convict upon condition that ho
shall totally abstain from the use of Intoxicating
liquors for period Of five years. AS the prisoner
is democrat, this seems like the refinement Of
cruelty.-Rochester Post Express
In his sermon on Palm Sunday, a parish
curate said: Brethren, give you notice that, to
avoid confusion, / shall confess liars on Monday
misers on Tuesday, thieves on Wednesday,
liberlines on Thursday, slanderers on Friday,
drunkards on Saturday" 1t is said that he had
few penitents at his confessional.
BUFFALO scientist explains that the
nsthetio way of cracking a butternut is TO make
an inolsion in the osseous endocarp at right
| angles with the placonte In the region of tho
rudimentary sutures. In this way the operator Is
able to strike the oleaginous ovule laterally. The
old method was TO break the shell with fiat iron
and pick out the fruit with hairpin.
A SEEKER after knowledge" sends the
following question oil tho way from Illinois:
| would II be proper to say The hog Is his or
The hog Is hisen o" Tastes differ widely re-
garding matters of this kind, nnd what might suit
New York state would never do for Illinois We
think "The hog is hisen" would be the proper
expression for you to use.-Rochestcr Post Express
A CURIOUS story about the finding of u gold
coin comes from Namur, in Belgium. The coin is
| Nn1.
at BesancOn, in l57s on the diverse is the head
of Charles VI on the Jeverse the double eagle,
bearing on its breast the pillars of Hercules It Is
said to be unique, and 1t was discovered In tho
gullet OF slaughtered COW, which must have at
tempted to swallow itwhile grazing.
AN Austin justice of the peace who is con-
stantly trying criminal cases was called on to
marry couple. Afler he had asked the usual
! question, If they desired to be uniteddn the bonds
of matrimOny, and they had replied In the affirm.
ative, the justice asked them solemnly: Having
plead guilty to the charge If there are in yonr
opinion any mitigated circumstances, now is your
time to state what they re.'-Teras SGhgs.
THE origin of the expression "getting into
a scrape" is thus given in an English newspaper:
Tne deer are addicted at certain seasons to dig
| up the land with their fore feot in holes of tho
! depth of foot or even Of half n yard. These
are called 'scrapes.' To tumble into one of these
is sometimes done at the cost of broken leg;
hence man who finds himself in an unpleasant
position from which extricHtlon is dihcult is said
to have got into scrape.'"
A MULE at Stockton, Cal, recently suffered
fracture of the fourth, fifth and sixth vertebre
! of the neck, ami was about to be killed, when n
veterinary surgeon concluded to experiment with
him. The animal was placed in slings, and a
tackle fastened to the head. Anumber of men
manned the rope, aud after several strong pulls
the dislocated vertebrm slipped into place Tho
rear eXtremities of that mule are Just as dan.
gerous to-day as they were before it met with
mishap.
| THERE are few things too mean for stingy
man to do. We know of one who married Il
widow before her dead husbands child was
weaned, thinking that she was rich After mar
riage ho discovered that most of the property was
willed to the baby, so he had himself appointed
| its guardian that he might handle the money,
! When he went 10 settle his guardianship account
| he fled Il claim of S37 against his infant wards
estate for wet nurse for the child. On inYestiga.
tion 1t was found that the wet nurse for whose
services he charged was his own wife, the ohild's
mother-Owego Times
THE most wide spread of all superstitions
| is the belief in portents. In some of its modR-
cations the tendency to ascribe an ominous sig
uiiicance to certain events and good or bad luck
to be auspices Of certain times or contingencies is
all but universal DR.. Oswald In the Popular
Science Monthly observes that it survives the in
| fuence Of every other form OF superstition The
elder Piney, who calmly rejects the entire mytho.
logical system Of his countrynen, admits his be-
liefin the representations OF the haruspices. The
skeptic, Walenstein, kept two or three profess
sional astrologers. Napoleon the Great was firm
! belle IN lucky and unlucky days The Pyr-
rhonist Valid, surrounded himself with Egyptian
| pages on account of the favorable auspices OF
| their nationality" The Marquis dArgens, the
presiding atheist OF the sans-souci SYM
| posia, alter shocking even the soothing
| kinr and tho King Of scOlIers hY thn