National Republican., 1883-01-10

JOIN l.. HASTINGS, one of the founders 'of
the Cincinnati Commercial is u compositor in that
city.
GESEvIEvE WARD began her London season
Saturday night with the 71Jth performance OF
Forget Nc Not"
THE late Robert Norris Boston's we'll
known colored lawyer, leu an estate of 100000
His practice lay, strangely enough, amons the
Irish.
SOME of the London hosers are selling
"dgitaed STOCKINGS Or foot gloves, but not even
the Endorsement Of hygIenists has made them
popular.
HANNIBAL Il. HAMLtN n son of the ex-
vice president, will become u member Of the law
firm at Ellsworth, Me-. Of which Senator Hale is
tho head.
New York Graphic: 1--WE look now for the
New York 7riJune.SuB, with NIr Dana as manage
ing editor ana Nir Reid us Washington corre-
spon ent.'
Ir was lately shown in a suit in Paris that
married mau had paid over OOO backmail
rather than have his wife know that ho had writ.
ten an actress TWO love-lelters.
A Missouri quack not only promises to cure
nasal calarrh ut one sitting, but makes the us
founding statement that ho will "remoye the
cata rh and place it on Il saucer"
Ir is estimated that no fewer than 1000
women are annually caught stealing from
Paris counters, aud the number Of titled ladies
seized with kleptOmuna while examining the
fashions is almost incredible.
on Christmas day they had an "Eistedd-
fod " in ChGkering hail, New York, at which one
man read an Eng yniOn" and another recited
an "Awdl," and another the "Cwydd Farm
Fawr," and then the VIII ole crowd stood up and
sang " Hon Wlad fly Nahadhau." And then the
rool Of the hall fell in.
MRS. OLIPHANT, with q story running in
BtackVood anu another in MdcmiAua's Adya=iae,
4, about to publish a third under the odd title of
1T Was Lover and His Lass" Not content with
this she iswriting short stories will shortly pub
lish volume on Sheridan, aud Is acting as editor
Of one Of the popular literary SERIES
Miss CATHERINE L. WHITE, the maiden
millionaire OF Gotham, is noed Tor her eccen-
trcitics and her odd besowHls OF charity. She
lives alone In n great stone house on Madison
avenue with her maid aud half dozen servants
aud receives few visitors. She is very devout
episcopalian, and no matter what the weather
may be on Sunday is as regular in church as tho
rector in the pulpit
The Boston Post figures that a single swal-
low devuur- at least G,OOO flies per day That Is
altogether foreign to the lject. Tue question
is: How many flies will 1t take to kill GOOO Eng.
lish sparrows per day."-Dttr0H Free Press. Tho
fne Of the English sparrow In this country will
be sealed when some cuterprisiug iCstauTateur
shall have discovered that spafrows, as an ar
ico Of epiCurean diet, vastly superior to reed
birds.
ONE day last week Judge Greer, of Ogle-
thorpe, Ga, heard loud call from the street.
"What do you wish ?" asked the Judge of II young
man who sat in buggy, II pretty ggl being by his
side. PLEASE marry us" said the youth. "Shall
| Ip manfred tho official lnnkiny nj tho gI
"Hes," she said, and the lovers were married as
| they sat in the buggy After the couple had rid
den away, the girls father drove hurtiedy up, to
swear at empty air.
THE marriage of Miss Virginia Cameron,
| daughter of the Pennsylvania senator, to Lieut.
| Rogers will take place on January 10. 1t will bo
! an elegant home wedding, the ceremony taking
| place at the senator's house. There will be no
| bridesmaids, but the bride will be attended by
| her two younger sisters. The young couple will
| return to Washington after the wedding journey,
when round of festivities will be given in their
| honor In February the bride and groom will
! leave for his post OF duty in tho west.
THE confidence of men in human nature Is
| sometimes astounding, A iorei ;ner, who could
not speak o word of English, engaged an entire
stranger as an interpreter, and went to the Bank
| Of Ensapd, drawing out S75 600 in securities. The
! bonds were put in bag and given into the hands
OF the interp eer who at the first opportunity
| partially choked the capitalist and ran of with
the bonds Yet the thief did not escape the police.
| lie went TO Vienna, Berlin, Pesth, but was caught
| in Hamburg, and now is sentenced to several
| years penal servitude.
TINS is the peroration Of n Carlylesan
snlutalory by Mr., Palmer, the new democratic
mayor of Boston: "With patience, prudence and
! iirmnoss lot us perform the work committed to US
| by the people, so that when the year on whose
| threshold We now stand has run its course we
may be able in the proud consciousness OF duty well
| done, to wrap the mantle Of our integrity around
us, and, making room for our successors, transmit
to them the white shield OF boston as stainless as
we receive 1t, with all her ancient civic glory un-
| dimmed and not one iot or little deducted from
the grand total Of her historic lame. wild cheer
| ing,l
4 CERTAIN mule fell into hole in west
! Kansas. When released by the aid Of derrick
! policeman who had been attracted to the spot,
asked the mule If he was injured. The mule re.
piled; 81 believe my cavicle Is out of place. and
my sternum is undoubtedly abraised. may have
suffered some internal injury as my right ascend
ing uorta is pulsiug heavily but my chef alarm
is in regard to my right hind leg VIII you be
kind enough TO go around and examine it," The
policeman reflected moment and said, 81 am no
judge ofinjuries. had II brother once, q gentle
youth, who was paralyzed under the same condi.
tions. You must await the arrival of regular
physician" This goes TO show that a policeman
can reason.-Kansas Cdy Journal,
Mr., SAMUEL SINCLAIR, Lake Winnipeg
trader stated that one day lately he diverged from
the trail to visit Diem lake, small sheet OF water
north of Lake Winnipeg When coasting along
the shore he came TO a ledge Of rock which jutted
out into the water, strange looking projection.
The end of the ledge attracted his attention aud
he yen'ured out to see what II was 10 his sur.
prise he found IL to be the skeleton of large AMI
NAL, somewhat resembling Il buffalo, petrhed.
The form Of the animal is almost as perfect, Mr..
Sinclair says, as II II were alive. Mr. Sinclair has
marked the spot ana intend, 10 return next spring
and remove the relic for the purpose OF presenting
it to the government for the Geological institute.
NINE. MoDJEsKA made pretty farewell
speech at Booths theater ON Saturday night at the
| conclusion of her four weeks engagement in New
| York. Much has been written Of her perfect ami
| ability and geuLeness but she knows how TO as
| sert herself with great tact on occasions. on one
. of her ocean voyages to this country she was to
. appear In the performance usually given on ocean
| voyages for the benefit OF a Liverpool charity.
She ordered her maid TO get out a costume from
/ one of her trunks in the hold As the costume
was being carried 10 her state room, a knot Of
women with more curiosity than refinement
| stopped the maid and began to,examine the dress
Nine. ModJeska just then accidentally appeared
She took the scene In at once. The women real
lied their own IN breeding and begun to explain
and apologize Madame looked from one TO the
other with cool soorn, She did not speak a word
Int She stood for five minutes until the last of tho