National Republican., 1883-10-02

Is sintoxicato with bliss.
&C, Q. Il.
SITTING BULLS thirst for gore may yet
drive him into Ohio journalism.
The name of Private Dalzell is suggested az
commander the next Arctic expedition.
THERE is a New York dog that climbs
trees. 1t is likely that he is trying to improve his
bark.
JOE JEFFERSON has played "Trip Van
Winklo" over 1000 times during the last twenty
years.
A NEW town in Nebraska has been named
Base Ball. There must be some hard hitters
there.
IN Philadelphia the captain Of q base ball
nine is bigger man than the president of the
United States.
THOMAS MAST, the caricaturist, gets riled
whenever he is asked fhe's of blood kin TO gym
nnst the athlete.
RoUNDsMAN HEALY, Of the city hall
police, bought the first cent stamp sold in New
York yesterday morning.
A RICH vein of lead has been discovered
near Pennington, NO. Probably one of the old
stamping grounds of the James boys.
HANS Won BULow, the famous pianist and
composer is in n luuatic asylum but kind Provi-
dence still allows the man with an accordion his
liberty. .ut..
ASTORIA, OREG., has 1000 population in
the fishing season. and 1000 the rest of the year
She has dozen canning establishments, which
yield S3.o00000 year.
THE Ring Theater disaster at Vienna not
withstanding, all the emergency exits were found
locked when panic lately occurred in the Carls-
bad theater in that city.
"No," SAID the police superintendent, I'VE
have no time to fritter away looking for robbers
and murderers. Our men kept busy day and
night looking up clews."
THE profile of tho Old Man of the Noun
tain, in the White mountains, is to be rivaled bya
rock at Cohasset which gives an outline of the
features of Daniel Webster
sAvANT has discovered that man de-
scended from the bear We have heard before
that man assembled from the Tear, and have been
shown the trees where it occurred.-MRtpaukte
Sentinel.
ARRANGEMENTS are making to run q
"Blitzzug" or lightning train from Paris to st.
Petersburg. 1t will travel at ffty-six miles an
hour. and have all the accommodations of our
palace cars.
HUNTERS in Panther Creek swamp, in
Mississippi, shot deer that had human skull
| mpaled on one of the prongs of its right horn
The prong had entered the eye and grown up
around the skull bone. ...l u, r..,
THE first of the many tokens received by
"Stonewalt" Jackson's widow and her daughter
while they were in Boston was a superb basket of
roses, with the compliments of few members of
the Grand Army of the Republic"
A LITTLE daughter of William Keister, of
Springfield township. Pa. stepped on large thorn,
which broke Off and embedded itselfin the sole OF
her foot This was in May, 1880 Last week Mr..
| Eais haf f,fr ant of fha In
INQUIRER: The first person to play faro
| old spelling, Pharoah-was Noses and since then
they've got the game down so fine that Noses for
all he got away with the king, would be lamb
In the hands of professional players-BostOn Post.
BEFORE young man can court Mexican
girl he has to tell her parents the doorsteps of
the house what his prospects In life are If he
says he is curve pitcher for champion base bal
club, the old folks say "go in."-Norristopn Her.
aid.
ONLY six of the twenty London superin-
tendents of police were in favor of giving the
patrolmen in suburban districts pistols. The rest
feared that the men might use them rashly.
Rattles are to give place to peculiar toned
whistle, inserted in the mems truncheons, and.
by its weight, adding to its force as q weapon
THE latest potato story is from Chester
county, Pa. Michael Mayor, constable OF RobesoT
intending to examine the tubers in his potap
patch, dug up what seemed to be stone. 1t wa
the'shell of Il mammoth potato which n moul
had bored out, and in which the rodent hi
made soft nest that contained q number ofyoS
MICE s-s
"YEs," said Fogg, "Dr. Pillroller Is brie
man, no doubt. but he carries his bravery toor.
He is foolhardy, sri never saw SO rash m.
Called him to see Mrs. L. to-day, and he actJ Y
asked her to let him see her tongue FaGr.
| I xynuldnit hnIipvnd living IN yyll
have had the courage to meet that tong OF
hers"
AN American who had jolly Cyan
friend wished to become acquainted with " err
mans charming wife. "Nell," said the Gl an,
"ofe you dreat dot will pc all righdtm Al he
treat the German LED him over to where tn dy
was sitting with anumber Of friends. "Ki,r =
said the husband, "you know dot man ?"' No"
said Katrina, modestly well, dots him
| MR., GLADSTONE, in his late trip, mbed
the ruined walls of old Dunstatinage Gle, and
, inspected the site Of the stone of desuwhich
, the English invader carried Off triumpptly to
the south, regardless of the legend inscId on it.
should fate not fail, where'er this STOMP found
The Scot shall monarch of that realm bfoWned.
This tradition was fulfilled to the lF when
= James vi of Scotland became James England.
L The stone still reposes in Westmilr Abbey
= beneath the coronation chair.
Q ATTRACTED by the piteous howbf dog,
Q n Brandenburg (Prussia) peasant ~ huge
. eagle ON the back of watchdog, peasant
2 ran to fetch Il farm bailif. When ttwo came
4 the bird was hopping round badl dlsabled'
shot dispatched him. The dog walnd dead
torn 10 pieces The eagle was bliwith white
shoulders, and was what is callfh imperial
S eagle on his leit foot was goldg' on which
j were cut the letters, still quite We II Ms. O,
n k.," underneath which was the 'Epeues'
and ON the other side tho dail0. 0, 1897"
Eperjes is a town in upper Hunghot very faI
from the northern Carpathians. It
THE Democrat Of CARROLL Mo-, says:
"on Thursday Jim Lawtoh I'D fifty neigh
. bors TO see him beat his owne of two years
ago, when his wife baked brfn eight and
quarter minutes after the whdas standing in
t the field AT minutes and fohd after the
n Buckeye reaper stood at the cf OF the growing
a | wheat Men were stationed leW ieet along
the line of grain ready tosei3 i3armful as 1t fell
from the reaper, and 70 rWlth IL 10 the
thresher close by. The millyus1 sixteen rods
Q distant. AT the drop ofthe the mules sprang
| 10 work. and in minu,e q half about peck
of threshed wheat was in tHk ana on horse
l. that began race for thf'' minute and
seventeen seconds later thf was delivered to
: Mrs. Lawton, and in 3 mp 0H seconds from
u the starting Of the reap9 first grddle cake
J. was eaten. In 4 minute seconds from the
u starting of the reaper pq qoiseuiIs was passed
ont IN tho anpntalors