National Republican., 1883-09-24

" S. c., In The Ne,O York Journal,
FLATS, says the New Orleans Picay,ne, arc
the proper tenoments for dudes.
THE population of the German empire en-
braces 1,9O9,Ss2 widows o, to be tho population
Of the German empire Post Express.
THE Picayunc suggests that it is a good time
now to order something by mail, sending all your
3 cent postage stamps away to pay for 1t.
| A RAILWAY conductor, lately promoted to
deacon of the church, as he started around with
the contribution baskets, involuntarily remarked:
Tickets, gentlemen| The contribution was un-
usually large.
The hotel walters costume still remains
the standard for an American mans full dress.
To prevent mistakes ut parties, however, tho
waiter is directed to carry towel on his arm in
stead of young lady.
IN the parlor of Parisian casino: They
were making some wounding illusions to an ABB
sent one before tho dowager do Brionnc. 81 do
not like allusions" she said, "they are tho anony-
nous letters of conversation"
THE Post Express complains that the inge-
nious malevolencc of tho British sparrow is re-
vealed by the fact that even after he has been ox-
terminated he insists selling himself at an ex-
orbltant price as q reed bird.
AN article in an exchange is entitled IRE
| llBlOhS blubICluSs ~ IclIslOuS uulDICllh, VIZ
should say, is one that doesn't leave the church
fifteen minutes before its owners and send 25 cent
substitute TO take its place.-Norristolon Herald.
THE scene of T.. p. Roe's new novel, "His
Sombre Rivals" is laid In the time of the war of
the rebellion, and description of the battle of
Bull Run is introduced, which Col llabrouck of
West Point, pTonounces the most truthful yet pub
lished.
"YoUR Little Hands But Hide Smile"
is the latest sentimental song. The Post Express
says he probably puts his hand round the tumbler
so as to prevent the barkeeper from seeing that
the drink he is pouring out is not of the short
horn breed
THE French and G erman papers contain an
advertisements from young lady describing her
self as very pretty orphan girl, q years old,
Catholic, of good family, with fortune of nearly
half million and $4,000 year, who wants to
marry young man of good family and habits.
CHARLES GOODNIGHT has the largest cattle
ranch in the world at the head of the Red river,
Texas. He began buying land four years ago, get
ting 30 900 acres at thirty-ve cents an acre. The
price has risen to SO an acre. lie is still buying
He controls 100000 acres TO inclose his land 25O
miles of fence is required He has 10000 cattle
DAKOTA wants to co me into the union and
be sister state with such names as Shirtai Bend,
Whisky Flat, Puppytown, Wild Yankee Ranch,
| Squaw Flat, Rawhide Rancho, Loafer's Ravine,
Toenail Lake, and Squitch Gulch established as
postoiices. For the sake of future historians who
must write of the geographical nomenclature of
states this thing must be stopped.
A LOUISIANA paper is responsible for the
following: black woman was carried before q
magistrate for numerically beating her son. u
saddle colored imp, and the judge was delivering
a reprimand, when the woman broke out with;
"Jedge, has you eber been parent to wof1less
yeller boy like dat ar cub OBJ miner" "Never"
calculated the judge, with great vehemence,
getting red in the face. "Den don't talk"
TUESDAY, Sept. IL, being the one hun
dreth night of the presentation of Mr.. William
Youngs four act comedy, "The Rajah," at the
Madison Square theater New York, beautiful
souvenir of the occasion was presented the au-
dience. 1t consists of little book, with an en-
bossed cover in gold, crimson cream. Tho con-
tents are eight full page engravings, representing
different scenes in the comedy. These engrayings
are exquisite both in drawing and printing, and
make the souvenir peculiarly interesting.
MATTHEW ARNoLD's prose writings are to be
issued in uniform edition in seven volumes by
Mcmillan & Co. The publication will take place
at about the time of the authors approaching
visit to America The seven volumes will COM
prise his essays on criticism, study of Celtic liter
atuTe, on transatng Homer, culture and
archy, friendships garland, mixed essays. Irish
essays, literature and dogma, God and the Bible,
st. Paul and Professionalism, and last essays, The
same publishers havein preparation new edition
of Henry James's French Poets and Novelists," !"
now out of print.
AMERICANS travelling abroad are surprised
AZ the large amount of hand baggage carried by
everybody on the cars, ladies being loaded
down with bags and bundles. The reason of this
is the extra rates charged for any luggage in the
baggage car, so that people would rather pay por-
tiers small fee than the prices of the railway for
carrying their Luggage. gentleman told n lady
who was about to start from London to make IL
thorough tour of Italy that if she would go with
out trunk taking only what she could carry her
self she would save money enough in the end to
buy her u handsome dress She took his advice,
| and the result was nice black silk dress in her
} favor when she returned.
, The largest manufactory of ball bats is at
! Hastings Mich, whore one hundred men are EN-
ployed. Half million bats are supposed to be
the demand for the present year, Ash is the sta
pie bat wood. proportion of fancy, and neCes-
sarily high priced, bats arc made of cherry. In-
Guiding the different woods and sizes, there are
twenty-five styles of bats made for the trade rang
ing in price at retail from 10 cents for Juvenile
article up to 81 so for aesthetic cherry bat. The
Hastings factory will use in the neighborhood of
$4,000 feet of ash, 100000 feet of Eastwood, and
4 $1,000 feet of cherry lumber this season, which
means about 2500 gross or thirty car loads of bats
sumo about l2j0OO feet of lumber, and one al
Grand Rapids, Mich, 1900 feet more,
"GRUMBLE as they may" says an American
writer, bad weather seems never TO discommodC
= an lnglishman nor good weather to exhilaratC
him. have seen them breakfasting happily by
. open windows ut the Isle of Wight and other sea
: side places with freezing white fog pouring In
. ana over them which sent every American on the
premises, with chattering teeth, TO the warmesl
iiresdo which the landlord could be induced to
prepare. On the other hand, have seen English
women walking n sunny street in July in muslin
4 gowns and sealskin coats Tho irresistible infer
. ence to an American Is that they absolutely do not
n know whether they are warm or cold. This may
tend to show that the British physique is more Wig
s orous than the American or II may not 1t shows
at all events, great difference in physical consti
tuition. And precisely the same sort OF difference
will be found to extend TO things Of the heart ant
mind"
10 A LOUISVILLE muddle as related by tht
Is Courier. Journal II is considered remarkable tina
d a drunken man at the fountain on the corner o
Is Sixteenth and Madison avenues should hayt
10 pitched the bucket of negro boy into the quite
in order to get drink of water sooner that
man should then have attacked the drunken MAJ
with an ice hook, cutting into him so tina. he wa
taken bleeding to Walnut avenue pharmacy or
m perhaps, Madison avenue grocery that neithe
N the drunken man nor the man with the ice hool
IA was arrested that newspaper report next morn