National Republican., 1883-08-24

PARADoxIcAL as it may seem, gamblers be-
long to the "better" class Of citizens
The New York Times is in doubt as To
whether the price of stock has touched bottom.
SO are some of the bulls
JOHN Russell YOUNG was thought 10 be
| writing history of China because he was found
| IN ir'nt OF some tea chests standing on his head
while taking notes
NO" SAID tho college man. 'I don't care
| copper whether get degree or not, I've got
my skull and cross-boues pin, and that's a pass.
| port into any society,"
AS THE marriage of Adam and Eve was not
| performed by Clergyman, under any legal
forms or ceremonies, IL is just possible that some
| ofus ought not to call the kettle black
PADDY is plucky. Tho Cincinnati En-
qu'rer says: Paddy Ryan is actually training for
| another meeting with Sullivan. Paddy takes hia
cue from Mr.. Tilden, and is after "historic
justice. TROY Times.
AN exchange says: Legitimate actresses
are now known as prohibitionists, to dis.
tinguish them from those who appear in tights"
To follow out this idea, the Post Express says the
latter should be known as democrats.
| THE Rev. Dr. John o. Fiske, who has
preached d,1l0 sermons attended 1900 funerals
and ociated at 800 marriages babe farewell to his
congregation in the Winter Street church, at th
Lhb', Cuuuhy ne nus DSen pastor OF tne church
| forty years.
WATCH HILL young lady wishes to know
what is proper fancy dress ball costume for a
girl with very auburn---in fact, red-hair and is
thus advised by the Christian at Work: Wear
| green dress and put seeds in your hair and 20 as
a watermelon.
THE queen has ordered Mr.. Tennyson to
grind out some verses concerning the late amented
| John Brown. If no cuts good figure at this she
may order an ode on her yoke of prize oxen. Tho
position Of the poet laureate of England is q fine
! one.-PoS Express.
The car presented Admiral Baldwin with
| $4,000 snuff box On opening 1t to take pinch
the admiral found the box to be empty. The Post
Express reflects upon this that the czar doubtless
tries to be open hearted and generous but it Is con
trary to his nature.
AN old woman took o seat in a Grand
Rapids church at the time Of the usual evening
services and went to sleep. About midnight she
awoke, locked in and alone. Her cries made
| frightful echoes, and she was nearly dead with
| terror when released.
A LONDON society writer says he has seen
| Victoria tramping abont on the Shaw Windsor
! farm in the mud and rain TO inspect the cattle
just before a cattle sale, and showing much in
| terest as an ordinary farmers wife, and no more
| afraid of the weather.
PROBABLY the Oldest postmaster in the
| country is Sumner Shepard Of windsorville
| Conn, who has held ofsro In that village,
where he has also been n N reliant, for fifty-one
| years without interruption. He commenced in
1882. Mr.. Shepard is oi years old.
IT was o splendid shot young symmonds
made, 400 yards at least and the animal on the run
And he shot it square through the brain. But he
doesn't brag of the shot; he's very modest about
It, Fact is, instead of the deer he thought he wa.
shooting it was Sol. osgood's heifer.Boston Post.
PooT's wife remarked to him, as they
started out the other night to take supper with the
| Browns, that she expected Mrs. B. would have
stunning couture. "well, I'm sure hope So"
grumbled Poots, II haven't had anything good to
cat since the last time We were at mothss'a,-Lotu.
| ell Courier.
WOMEN are better than men except when
1t comes to tombstones. "In California cemetery
a large monument stood over the grave of man
whose relatives were dead. woman boldly had
it removed to her own lot planed off the inscrip-
tion and had it letered again to suit the moruary
requirements of her family"
OSCAR WILDE's "Vera the Nihilist," was
produced in New York Monday evening It is
pronounced fiat failure by the critics of all the
papers. Not one even "damns it with faint
praise" The sun concludes its criticism of the
performance by saying: "' Vera is a good play
to take the road, and the sooner it is taken the
better"
THERE is an old gentleman in Addison
county, Pa. who has had the same pair of shoes
for twenty-three years, during twenty-one ofwhich
they were his best ones They are still service
able, and he has just had them repaired. The
local paper which tells this tale says the man is
neither poor nor miser. But anybody can go
barefoot.
THE prisoners in the Jail in Modesto, Cal,
have made several breaks for escape. As the jail
| is OnlV LOG cabin IL Is thOuHht that Of IN
more attenuated of the malefactors may crawl
out through the chinks aud escaped TO the trien-
NAL conclave. The San Francisco Post SAYS that
to avert such catastrophe the sheriff is feeding
them on dried apples and water.
The name of tho place in Hungary where
q Jew tried for numbering Christian girl to
get her blood to use In making bread is Nyircghy-
haza. Any man who would live in place with a
name like that would murder girl to cut her up
for catmeat. The literary editor says the name is
pronounced Nee-redj- j-he-zo. The pronunciation
is more barbarous than the spelling, and we do
not wonder that people living in such place are
Hungary for blood.--San Francisco Post
As CAPS in some countries denote the status
of the feminine wearer hair dressing in Japan tells
of the lady's condition. There girl at the age
of wears her hair tied up in red scarf the fore
head being left bare, with the exception OF a
couple of locks, one on each side. When she is OF
marriageable age she combs her hair forward,
makes it up in the shape of butterfly or fan, and
decoratos 1t with silver cord and balls widow
who wishes for a second husband twists her hair
. around tortoise shell PIN while an inconsolable
widow cuts her hair short These last are said TO
be rare.
WHETHER or not widower has any rights
which gossips are bound to respect is a question
Mr.. Folsom, of Youngstown Ohio, is about to have
decided by the courts Mr. Folsom was just DE
ginning TO look around" after the death of his
wife when he heard his neighbor, Mrs. Jones',
y remark disparagingly to a friend that che had
killed one woman and was looking for another"
' To counteraet this injury to his matrimonial
prospects, Mr. Folsom has brought suit against
: Mrs Jones for $1,000 Widowers with like
perence will look with anxiety for the result of
this trial.
ROCHESTER Post Express: But what lot of
money the sports must have lost on Goliath l....
t The problem of courship cannot be solved by the
: rule OF three....A man marrying his third wife
] rarely gives the minister more than Satellites
that own league ball clubs now suffering from
hot and cold sweats. 1t is asked II jailer should
be known by the company he keeps. Certainly.
If he allows any OF them to escape he is an indif
I ferent ailer "A Chicago just celebrated the
! fiieth anniversary of his continuous resdeffce in
i that city. The case is creating much interest
Q among medical men.