National Republican., 1883-04-05


The place for a picked nine now is in
strawberry box
HENRY WARD BEECHER attended the
opera for the first time Saturday.
The country debating society is about dis
banding in order to reorganize as picnic assoola.
ton.
A RALEIGH IN. o. youth of 1s Is six feet
eight inches in height AS ham hanger In a
country grocery store he has no equal.
The deaths of last week include that of
Edward Fowler, well known by Americans as the
hospitabe mayor of Standardization.
JOHN WILLIAMS, of West Virginia, tried
to charm rattlcsnake. John now sleeps beneath
the daisies, while the serpent suns himself on his
late trainers tombstone.
The French authorities have captured
Louise Michel. After seeing her picture in a New
York illustrated paper remarks the Baltimore
American, we trust we may be allowed to hone
that they will keep her.
CANDY and corrosive sublimate are kent on
the same shelf in Nebraska stores If the child
lives 1t is candy lift dies. it is corrosive subl.
mate. One of the simplest things in the world.
Rochester Post Express.
HIS most illustrious highness," President
Blanco, of Venezuela wears the uniform of a
by guard of picked men, showily attred and
armed with Remington rifles.
AT 1rkutsk, Siberia, they sell milk by the
block, each block having a stick frozen into It for
convenience in carrying. You can get milk with
stick in 1t in this country, but tho stick does not
always make it easier to carry
JOHN BRIGHT, at public meeting recently
stated that his father was hand in the factories IN
Toad lane, Rochdalo, and that he made up his
mind that he would marry when his wages
reached guinea a week-that is, about IS.
A TRAMP refused to saw wood for his din.
ner, giving as reason that he was bitterly on-
posed to the destruction of our forests, and would
do nothing to encourage that kind of business
And he walked of picking his teeth.-NashviRe
american.
WAS it small, white, curly dorg, with a
blue ribbon round his neck, yer was lookln' for,
miss y Yes" gasped the young lady, in anxious
suspense. well, Jack Adams's Newfoundland
purp, he's gono an swallered him" They car.
ried her Into the nearest drug store
LAST summer, as he lay in the hammock
dreamily gazing at the smooth, flower sprinkled
lawn, his darling approached and said: There is
a difference between you, dear, and the grass
plot" Communicate the variation" "Thls is
Il daisy level, while you arc n lazy -"
UNCLE JACK" 1t is very good lemonade,
am sure but tell me, Bonnie, why do you sell
yours for three cents glass when Charley gets
hve for his2 p Miss Bonnie-"Well, you mustn't
tell anybody, Uncle Jack, but the puppy foil III
mine and thought it ought to be cheaper"
ROAST beof will grow into disfavor If il is
proved to have the effect of making men rs ner-
vous and panicky as the average Engishman ia
to-day But perhaps the beer Is to blame. 1t may
work differently in England from what 1t docs in
Garn II Ia H..
JAMES ROBINSON, the old circus man and
famous bareback rider, Saturday sold his exten.
siye and highly improved farm of 920 acres sitr-
ated eight miles from Mexico Mo-, to William
Black, of St. Louis, for $4,000 cash. The farm
Will be used for depot for the sale of stock on
Mr.. Blacks southern ranch.
julius DUsTERHoFF, whilo sailing in a
skifI on lake near Peoria, Ill., was caught in
gale and drowned. In reporting the sad affair a
western paper solemuly stated that his name
tloated on the surface for seven hours and was
rescued. There are some things that, like
Banquo's ghost, will not down.
The ranks of the Colorado miners, ranch
men, and cowboys, as they become thinned by
sudden death, election to the United States sen.
ate, or presidency of railroad companies, arc
steadily recruited by stream Of college grad
yates from Boston, and by carefully eliminated
members OF the British aristocracy.
PRESIDENT LINooLN's monument Mt
Springfield, ILL.,, is taking its final shape slowly.
The cavalry group was placed in position the
other day. This group consists of two human
figures and horse and represents battle scene
The horse, from whose back the rider has lust
fallen, is represented as frantically uprearing
THE German emperor will leave Berlin
about the middle OF next month for Wiesbaden
where he will remain till the end Of May. He
will then return to Berlin for week, after which
he will proceed to Ems The empress will soon
20 to Baden Baden and, after staying there for
six weeks, will proceed to the electoral palace at
Coblentz, her iavori,e summer residence.
"DURINd his triumphal continental career"
says the Hour, "Mr Edwin Booth has been
crowned with silver wreaths, congratulated by
royalty, smothered in roses und complmented
with choral songs at the theatcr at the hotel and
at the railway station. What more can he desire
Perhaps only one thing To make an audience
start to its feet in the birthplace of Salvni."
A HUNGRY looking negro boy, while carry.
ing q bag along the street, saw u dog gnawing
beef bone. "Whut yer eatin' dat meat right heah
on de street fur?" he said. "Aln't yer got no mo-
plteness den dis ?" and, STOPPING, he picked up
the bone, put 1t in his bag and walked away. The
dog looked after him, and the boy turning, ex-
claimed; "Doane yer cuss me; Use had my eye on
yer for some lme,"-ArkanSaS Ndveler.
A NEW invention is an escutCheon to kew.
hole made ofilluminated metal which casts sui.
fclent glow Of light to enable man TO distinguish
1t in the dark. This invention IL is claimed, will
enable the head Of the house TO go to bed from M.
teen minutes to half an hour earlier every night
The time lost while feeling forkeyholes can never
be even estimated, and as for profanity, why the
less said tho better.-Rochester Post. Express.
THE Rev. George Allen, of Worcester,
Mass, who died recently, aged o. was the
author Of the resolution of 1SIS for " free soil,
free men, free speech, and free land" CMr.
Allen was one of the very Oldest Yale grad.
yates living his class having been that OF 1873
Another member Of the same class, the Rev. Da.
vid l.. Hunn is still living In Buffalo at the age
OF 93). Isaac Davis, twice a democratic candi-
date for governor OF Massachusetts, and leading
citizen, is dead.
A PRISONER who was to be hanged received
pardon just as he was getting into bed the night
previous to the day appointed for his execution.
Ho never closed his eyes all night, nor had no
any appetite for breakfast the following morning
If he had not been pardoned he would have 4" en-
loyed a good nights rest" and would have "eaten
a hearty meal" Does anybody know why the ex-
pectation Of being hanged within few hours
quiets the nerves and sharpens the appetite p
Rochester Post Express.
JUDGE N, r. LINsDAY, of KokomO, one of
the brightest members of the Indiana bar has en-.
tirely quit the practice of law, giving only his
4 ha firm nc f,ga Y q. IL.