National Republican., 1883-07-20
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The scent of the loeusts filled the lane;
The light winds kissed the mst-trees plumes
And bore on their wings the kiss of rain.
Clouds in the red west dimmed the skies
With heecy fingers, cold and gray;
As the swectbreathed kline with Juno's eyes,
Came down the olover.perfumed way,
And the shepherders there, in the morning light
With red lips fashioned like Cupid's bow,
Her clear gray eyes so tender bright,
And white brows catching the sunsets glow.
win hear her speak, when the lowing herd
Is folded under the walnut trees;
Soft as the note Of singing bird,
And I'd give a thousand dollars right out of tho
Office II could think OF any rhyme for trees ex-
cept "breeze," but can't; all the same heard
her voice; she hit brlndle COW over the hip with
cedar pail aud said $50, brute, sol Huddup
your foot stand overl I'll spike your tail 10 the
fence If you strike me with 1t hgainl So, brute,
sol"-Burlin0ton Hd,okeye.
LISA wise horse that noses his own fodder.
Nep York Journal.
Col. Delaney KANE can cook as we'll as
drive q coach. lie eau always find u situation In
London.
THE potato with all its eyes is the most sus-
oeptible of VEGETABLES. 1t is 10 easily Mashed
Ptsburg Telegraph.
Gov. CLEVELAND wants q "good, clean
democratic state ticket" this fall. Then "the
great unwashed will be left out in the cold
Two LADIES are reported by j" Spectator"
In the Christian Union as discussing the English
bill about mans marrying his widows sster"
You can't make the fellow with lot Of
sisters believe that happiness is merely relative
matter. Al all events ho goes TO some other tel-
lows relatives to find it.--BostOn Transcript
lie 1,,.. l. a Al L..
the animal dashed by ~ reckon he Isl" replied
the boy; II just see a butcher take piece o. meat
away from him and kick him six feet into the
air. Wouldn't you be mad IL that was done to
you2'-BostoR Post,
LONDON Truth has the following: MAY
| ask you whyyou left your last placer" innocently
| inquired charming young woman just married
OF the showy looking person who offered herself
us cook. Madam, may inquire why your last
cook LEFT you?' was the reply.
THAT reporter gave you great racket
said an Austin gentleman to singer who had
| participated in an amateur performance. "Iknow
be did, but I'm going to stop his mouth" "Are
you going to shoot himT mo; Pm going to in
yiie him to dinner "--Ieras SUtinos
"BLAsT the luck y cried the burglar, as he
turned his dark lantern on the handful of silver
he had scooped from the vest pocket of banker.
! "Blast the luck If here amt six trade dollars
have my opinion of any government that puts up
these games on feller"- Wdtchntta.
"AND the gentleman who catches the ball.
said Anabel; "why does he wear maskg' And
| Anabel looked upon her cousin Ned's face with
becoming pride, when he promptly answered:
That's to protect his face. Bel; an ugly mug
wouldn't harmonize with nice pitcher, you
| know. ."-Boston Transcript.
The Earl of Dollhouse, who had charge Of
the deceased wife's sisters bill, stated in the
house OF lords two weeks ago that In 100 letters
from distinguished public men, lawyers, states
men, and men of letters in the United States,
| mot one correspondent ever heard of any mis-
chief to society or family life arising from the
fact marriage with a deceased wifes sister is legal.
And most of them seem to have been greatly sur
prised to learn that any such notion should pre-
| vail here.
A MAINE paper tells about little Josephine,
who, though naughty, was very nice and clever.
Being accused of telling fb she at first denied
the charge, and afterward said by way of extern
uation "Wel, suppose l did lie; everybody lies
but God and George Washington" Josephine
was asked If she said her prayers. She replied
"No; l have to take Kennedy's medicine, and
that is enough without saying my prayers" This
| smart little girl will be great leader of the
womans rights movement one of these days
A CORRESPONDENT from Brazil describes a
rather singular street scene. He says: noticed
| gay young dandy driving a smart English dog
cart, while his negro servant sat beside him
! smoking cigar. Astonshed at such a sight
| turned to one of the bystanders for an explana.
ton, when l was still more astonished to hear
that the'negro, whom had taken for the servant,
| was the mFSter, and that the white dandy was q
Cockney driver, imported from London expressly
to mark the wealth, fashion, and importance of
| his sable master"
"I'D rather give man $50 than be swim
died out Of S." said GillyAower the other day.
"Well, that's strange. What's your reason for
such a conclusion?" "You see, If give you $50
that's put down ON the books to Charity That
looks well. The angels look over the bookkeeper's
shoulder and smile sweetly as the words to
charity are entered. But if am swindled out
OF s. the angels go off behind the barn and laugh
and the bookkeeper heaves a sigh as he enters,
TO blamed old fool, who will never learn any
thing, S5."-S. Joe Gazette.
THE Jewish nose, thus called because so
common among Israelites is by no means peculiar
to that nation alone. 1t is found among the
Syrian races everywhere. Sir G. Wilkinson proves
that the natives represented in Egyptian sculpture
with hawk noses are not always Jews, but
syrians The ancient Phenicians were syrans,
and they were the greatest merchants Of antiquity.
1t indicates worldly shrewdness, insight into
character, and ability TO turn that insight to
profitable account Vespasian, Titus, Theodosius
|
this nose.
WESTERN editor has been shown the pho
tograph of a skeleton sitting in an easy chair,
with a newspaper grasped In its bony hand. 1t is
accompanied by note saying: "The enclosed
photo shows the present condition of an editor
who attempted to run a country newspaper and
subsist produce. bu tier, eggs &c. taken on sub
scrlption, and is sent out as u warning to those
who aspire to country Journalism" That's all
right; but If a country editor can't live on pro
duce, butter, eggs, &c." how does. he expect his
: contemporary, who takes only cord wood aad
coon skins on subscription to keep body and soul
together er?-NOrristoi0n Herald.
CHRISTINE NILSSON is ecared to be writ
ing for q Paris paper the history of her profess
sional career, in which she will review the at
: ainm Of the chief male and female singers OF
the time. This is dangerous exper iment, and il
pretty sure to bring storm of abuse upon the fair
swedes head; for in spite of her pensive blue eyes
Nilsson has sharp tongue, which she uses on ac-
casion with cruel effect. Mapleson found this
painfully true last winter, and may we'll prepare
himself for more the Sort says the Spring.
field Republican, But does our esteemed contem-
porary mean to intimate that the gentle Christine
Z intends TO write her book with her tongue2
~ SAY, Talleyrand," exclaimed Napoleon,