National Republican., 1883-05-01

-OtHVcF ITtOune.
BRIGHT's disease of tho kidneys appears to
be the American equivalent for the gout-the
result OF" high living aud plain thinking"
FORTUNE knocks at every mans door once
In life. But In some cases II only stops long
enough to leave a printed circular.-Nep Orleans
Picdyunc.
HOLINESS New York dinner poem was teIe-
graphed west the other night, and the line,
Therefore scant the breathing courtesy" was
printed, Therefore / scent tho breathing
cookery" ss.
The New York clubs are discussing the
question how Mapeson can afford to pay Patti
5000 night and make any profit. They will
find out when they como to buy their tickets
Boston Herald.
They were speaking of young lady who
sings beautifully, says the Harlem Times aud ono
oi the party asked is she mezzo sopranoi No,
guess not. think she is u swede, was the in.
nocent reply ofa high school girl.
IT is seriously stated by more than score
of contemporaries that fashopablo milliners ask
each of their clients on which side of the aisle
her pew is in order that the chief ormanentation
may be ON the congregation side OF the bonnet.
A PITTsBURG preacher asserted that Shaks-
pearo was greatly overrated man. The CONNER.
ctdi Advertiser suggests that somebody should pre-.
sent that Clergyman with q copy Of the immortal
bard's works and spell out the hard words for him.
IT is claimed by writer in the Sun that
the Dudus Auericdnus is not new species but an
old one with new name. "In all ages that class
fpeople in society who have been too stupid TO
discover their ignorance have been hold up to
ridicule and contempt"
AN English clergyman has edited lovely
volume called Gems from 'ouida." This ia as
| should be. "ouida" is probably as good minced
| as in any other style. But save us, good pub
| fishers, from "Garlands from the Scripture"
Seems from Shakespeare" " Slices from Lamb"
or "Pickings from Miltonl"
AT one of the churches of Danbury, Conn.,,
on Sunday, the opening piece on the organ was
from the Pirates" and the closing piece from
Pinafore,' and, according to the "little hatchet
scribe of the Boston Post, nobody found any fault
except the deacon who passed the plate to the
music of 81 am Pirate King"
The Kansas City Times says that It's prayer
for rain went to press In the morning at O'clock
Before cooling and refreshing showers had de-
| seended To which statement the Chicago Inter-
| Ocean retorts: That is the first well authentic
| Gated instance on record where democrat prayed
for water since that recorded In Luke xvi, 1924"
at is really quite amusing" remarked
| New York dude after landing in Philadelphia, IT
am used to being admired by the women, you
Broad street station dozen men began exclaim-
| ing, Hanson, hanson, hansom,' In such q loud
tone Of voice thatI could not help overhearing."-
| Philadelphia NetOs.
AFTER having taken several months for
construction the huge illuminated harp was
placed in position on the tower of the Casino, in
New York, on Saturday. This monster harp is
| nne feet high and seven feet wide, and is made
of red, green, and white crystal glass; The harp
Ia fnnNf fr0rn fha md nd kaa
within radius of several miles about from the
metropolis.
SINGLE voices cover three octaves or more,
while the whole range of the human voice
| amounts TO nearly five octaves. Cataani had
three and half; Bastardella, heard by Mozart In
l770, had the same; Carlotta Patti can reach G
sharp in alto; Bennati, tenor, had three full oc-
taves, and Tamberlk reached the G sharp of 5ii
double vibrations. An ordinary voice, our musi-
cal critic informs u.s. only covers two ooaves, and
many singers are oyertaxed by one.
| "I CALLED to collect this little account
said gentleman to the bookkeeper Of former
Cincinnati wholesale house. "City bills paid on
| the TENTH" sententiously replied the bookkeeper.
"But this isn't city bill, this is country BILL"
demonstrated the collector. "oh, it's q country
BILL is III Well that settles II. We don't pay our
country bills at ALL" And that did settle it, for
few days later the firm made an assignment and
| paid nothing on the dollar Cincinnati Saturday
Night.
GREAT truths from the Commercial Adperti-
ser: A mixed neutrality-suspicious. fractions. =. The
poetical burglars spring effusion--Lines TO a rob-
bin 1.-The short-tailed horse may not be wealthy,
but he is certainly neigh bob. The first iron
vessel ever launched was when Noah threw tho
| frying pan at Ham. &c. w. Cane, of Brldgston,
| N. j.. has been missing from his home for more
than a weok II his name had been Umbrella he
| would never return. Oscar Wilde loves apple
jack because is odor is indsorbable and its effect
too utterly beWidering 10 utter, so to speak, in q
measure, asst were, you know.
| ALLUDING to the chorus, Col. Mapleson
says, "The public has little idea OF the impor-
tance OF these singers. On them falls the weight
Of the opera. They have no rest, no Off days,
while the artists sing comparatively little and
only on alternate evenings. l am very proud OF
my chorus. paid them of to-day. aud next
week they will return TO their native land. Some
| 90 10 Naples others at Genoa, and others 10
| Sicily" Those who remember them will wonder
how many will return to the cradle, how mary to
the grave, and how many to the wax-work gal
leries of horrors,
THRREwasa novel expectation at San Fran
| cisco lately Two hundred sacks Of orange peel,
valued at u ,0)0, were shipped to Hayre. II was
the first shipment OF the kind from that port, and
| is the more pcChuso oluubo PSSi Cpu"
sumed in this country is imported, and large
part is from southern France. Orange peel Is
worth about eight cents pound Oranges are so
plentiful in France, Spain, and italy well as in
Florida and the West indies, that the peel is
stripped from the fruit in large quantities for Bit
ters and marmalade, and the juice Is used TO
make acids. 1t is estimated that 100000 pounds
Of orange peel was imported into New York last
year.
The Marquis Of Lorne must have stuien
George washington's little batchet when he was
in this country, for no cannot tell lie. On Tues
day night tho Princess Louise. his wife, was TO
have had reception at Montreal but this was post
poned The occasion Of the postponement was
that his excellency, while in Boston, as We learn
from the Traveller, had promised his patronage TO
Mr and Mru. william J, Florence attheir perform
ance at tho theater In Montreal Tuesday night
and in order to keep his word the reception 70 the
princess was postponed, with her RcquieScenee.
Rare, indeed, Is tho occasion when royalty inter
feres with fixed arrangements but the word OF
the governor general had been given, and he
honoEsbly fulfilled his promise,