National Republican., 1883-02-23

THERE are dozen women in this country
who have organized theatrical companies and arc
| managing them successfully.
LITTLE Texas girl, 10 years of age, is
| pronounced by Remenyi the most wonderful vio-
| linist America has produced.
THE Alamo, the little old stone church
famous as the scene OF the Texan massacre, at
San Antonio, is doing duty as grocery store.
The Germans have such dislike to Amer
can pork that 1t has been found necessary to pack
1t in England and send 1t over as the work Of En-
glish hogs before II will go down.
A MIDDLETowN. Conn.,, bankrupt whose
liabilities are upward of s22,OOO reports his
assets at 10 cents, and 1t is thought they will
really bring liberal percentage of that amount
WILLIAM HARRINGTON, of Montezuma,
Ind, was married the other day 1t was not
new experience, as seven previous marriages had
preceded this aud every wife Of those marriages
had died
INNorway DuChaillu refused beggar twice,
when the latter became angry and shaking a
pouch full of coiu in the great travellers face.
shouted: Look atit Look at i'll Everybody
has not been so mean as you arc"
The London NewS says that overy time
Plon Pon advised Louis Napoleon to anything,
Eugenie would offer contrary suggestions and
carry them out, to the great detrlment of the pub
lie good, aud finally TO the overthrow Of the em-
pire.
SCENE in Chicago shoe store: "What
SIZE 2" flows, please" An interval OF hard
work. " Do you want pair of fshoes Miss, or only
one2" "a pair of course" "Ahi yes, see;
twice two is four-John, stretch pair OF No.
| CATERS"
hAN Irish editor gives short list of Irish
terms of endearment: "Cushla ma chree-tho
pulse of my heart. Wick ma chree-son Of my
heart. Manim asthee tu-my souls within you.
Mavourneen Dheelish-my sweet darling, words
| OF perfect spell, sweet murmur."
A SPECIAL feature Of a recent production
| OF "Ioanthe" in London was the wearing tho
electric light in the hair by the whole chorus OF
fairies in the esecond act. Hitherto only the queen
| and three principal fairies were thus decorated.
An electric star also shone on the hedd Of Lord
| Mount Ararat and on the summit of Private
| Willis's gigantic bearskln.
MA PRINCE bearing the title of Serene
| Highness," rs he signs himself advertises in a
| Paris paper that he desires to marry young lady
with dowry Of two millions. This worthy ia not
unique. In this country there are many impe-
cunious youthful loaiers who, though not Serene
Highn@ses, would like to marry young lady
with dOwry Of two millions.
THE new dean of Westminster, in letter
| to Mr.. Bennock acknowledging the receipt of
| copy of the illustrated edition of Longlellow's
poelical writings, expresses tho wish that Doan
Stanley had lived "to crown his happy relations
with country in which he was valued by en-
riching the abbey with a memorial to a poet,
whose works in the splendid form In which this
edition embodes them will now adorn the home
| of his fdend and successor"
For nearly twenty-five years Frank Hess
had been bell ringer of st. Lborouss church, in
| st. Louis, aud he attained the age Of "a years.
| Last Sunday there wasa funeral at the church,
and his friends told him that he was too feeble to
toll the bell but. believing that no one could do
| the work as well as he, he went up to the belfry
aud rang the knell. He did not come back as
promptly as usual, and friend going up found
him dead.
The late DIR. John Browns library was
sold the other dny In Edinburgh, and over 500
was paid for a copy of "Ruskin's Poems,"
lected and printed for private circulation In IL
DR.. Brown had many favorite books, for he had
strong likings-or even more, enthuslasms-in lit
erature. ofa passage or OF a whole paper that
seemed to him perfect in workmanship, as well as
in conception, he used to say that it was /" done
to the quick" .. .....
LONDON Caterer: Passengers crossing the
Atlantic ferry, even when they travel by the
Cunard or lnman line, must be prepared TO meet
"rum customer" " now and then. An Englishman
| returning from the United States last autumn met
an American on board who evidently did not like
olives. Taking one from dish which stood near
him at the dinner table, he put 1t into his mouth,
bit IT, made wry face and then returned It to
the dish, remarking, "As you was-I took you for
n pixie"
A GENTLEMAN in Lincoln, Heb. Is the
happy possessor of an autograph letter written by
Abraham Lincoln from Springfield, ILL.,, April 26,
1850, to Mr.. T, J. Pickets, a personal friend In
Rock Island. In which he said As to the other
| 1 do not think myself 1t for the presidency,
certainly am hattered and gratifed that some
partial friends think Of me In that connection,
| but really think 1t best for our cause that no
concerted effort, such you suggest should be
made. Let this be considered confidential.
az WILL now ask my esteemed friend Will
lam f. Dodge to preside said DR.. 2 chos at tho
Cooper institute the other night; the doctor not
being reader of newspapers, had failed to hear
of his death. This is not quite so bad the incl
dent related ofan eminent English nobleman who
was presiding at press dinner. Heconcluded his
few feeble remarks by proposing the health Of
Gutenberg" some one pulled his coat tails and
| whispered that he was dead. "I regret" con.
tlnued the nobloman 40 announce that inteli-
gence has Just been received that Gutenberg Is
dead"
THERE has been O wedding of interest to
Americans in Yorkshire. England. The bride IS
a daughter Of william F. Grinnell the United
States consul at the manufacturing town of Brad
ford, and a granddaughter Of the late Judge
George Grnnell of Massachusetts,, as well as a
niece of the Hon. Levi p. Morton, our minister to
France. The groom, Edward H. Landon, of New
| York, is young gentleman of high social stand
ing, means and a lawyer. The ceremony took
place in 81. Marks church, which was beautifully
decorated with camelias, roses, and plants in
bloom and the main entrance effectively wreathed
| with vines and flowers.
HE is a staid church member; n Presby-
teran. lie had dog, There was wicked man
who boarded Mt the same house. The dog was well
known as the property Of the good man. The
wicked man fed aud fondled the dog, aud the dog
grew much attached to him. When the wicked
man walked out in the evenings the dog would go
along The wicked man would go to very dis
reputable places and the dog would sit on the
steps and wait until he came out. The dog was
acauaiuted with all his masters acquaintance,
and when any of them passed he would come
down from the steps aud go to them to be caressed
and then return TO the steps that he might not lose
the wicked man who was inside, The good man
has been disciplined by his church. He has sold
the dog.
THE Paris Charirdri has story of Gam
beta. Four years ago when he was elected presi-
dent of the chamber Of deputies he ordered prep
aratlons 70 DO made for fete at the Palais dor
| Tho morning nf tha gra.t day tho Grand.