National Republican., 1883-02-14

AGED nshermen are usually the mOst sue
cessiul. Long years Of practice make prevarica-
tion perfect.
PENoBscoT bay, Me-, was frozen over Feb.
| 8, rs far as the islands whch separate East ny
from West bay, This has not occurred since 1875.
A STEAMBOAT lying at port in Texas was
| boarded by n full grown wild cat. The unlimited
passenger was lassooed, and will be sent to n
menagorie.
ILLINOIS derives an annual income of half
n million from the Illinois Central railway It's
proposed to expcnd this amount in improving the
wagon roads of the state.
WOMEN are anxiously awaiting the new
fashions They want to know whether the spring
bonnet will be built OF four straws and one ribon
or three straws and four roses.
ALABAMA is an Indian word signifying
| I" Here we rest" State treasurer Vincent looked
into the cash box and said "Tll take what's
here, and leave the rest to the wicked"
WING CHIN Foo is the editor of a Chinese
newspaper in this city. Him catcheo news on
Wing. No much Chin. Him no Fool, by big
mnjority.-Neto York Commercial Advertiser.
TELEPHONE would be an appropriate namo
for that three .tongued Arkansas girl. Every time
she yelled "Heoi" It would sound like the bub-
bles that rise from bottle when 1t sinks in the
water.
n hObNH luun III lONuf MuS nO pdbltub W
see his girl that he paid $40 for "a locomotive torun
him thirty. five miles: When he got there she was
sparkling his rival and big dog had possession Of
the front door steps.
| WAGNER's opera" The Flying Dutchman,"
was performed in Cincinnati one night last week.
and one lady who was in attendance being asked
how she liked it,, replied; al haven't en-
! joyed anything so much since l had the neural-
| gia."
IT is said that wild ducks are so thick in
| the water courses in Brevard county, Florida,
| that they have to be showed aside while boats are
passing. AS this information is impaired by n
southern paper, 1t may be considered perfectly
re-lic. able.
THE Tombstone CA. ~ Epitaph hopes the
legislature won't have an economical spell and
abolish the office Of chaplain. I" If 1t does" the
| Epitdph says some of the members will lose an
opportunity of hearing q minister of the gospel
for the first time"
OUR railway managers are said to be hard
taskmasters, but they are mild and easy TO those
of the Caledonian railway of Great Britain,
where the men arc striking because they have to
work from eighteen to twenty hours at stretch,
and get little for over time.
A CINcINNATI man who suddenly got rich
in hog speculation has read somewhere that
every family, the richest and the proudest, has
around to buy skeleton, as his wife and daughter
want to be in style.-Bostoa Post.
CHIEF JUSTICE AGNEw, of Pennsylvania,
favors the proposition to amend the Pennsylvania
constitution 80 as to prohibit the manufacture and
| sale of Intoxicating liquors. He gave IL as his
opinion that the experience of200 years has shown
license law to be failure aud that prohibition is
the demand of the times.
MOTHER FRANCIS WARD XAVIER, the foun-
der Of the Sisters of Mercy in America, celebrated
her golden jubilee at Manchester n. H., last
Wednesday. She received the white veil in 1882
She came to this country in 1913, accompanied by
six sisters and established the first convent in
the United States at Pittsburg.
THE old wooden lighthouse standing on the
northeast side of Fort schuyler and marking the
northwest side of the entrance to the East river,
New York, is to be torn down. TO give place TO Il
new structure Of pressed brick. The present
building was erected in the year 1896, and is one
of the Oldest coast beacons in the United States
THREE Georgia girls each drank several egg
noggs and Il whisky straight, then got in buggy
aud started Off in high spirits for party. From
the fact that they were subsequently found asleep
in fence corner while blacksmith was scrap
ing up the remains of the buggy with hoe, 1t is
fair to infer that the party passed off without their
presence.
Mrs. EMMA B. DREXEL, wife of Francis A.
Drexel, of Philadelphia, who died last week, pad
the rent of more than 15O poor families and dis
tributed among the poor over $4,000 year. Sho
employed women TO institute inquiry into the
merits of each applicant, and every week dis
pensed groceries, clothing and money to the poor,
who gathered every Tuesday in the rear Of her
} residence
sERIo COMIC medley of events was that at
Ridleys store in New York Saturday night A
man fell IN fit lady fell down stairs trying to
, get look at the man, some one yelled fire, and
lust then the electric light went out and the crowd
at once became panic stricken in the dark. Tho
fremen rushed up, the police arrived, and when
the gas was lighted everybody asked everybody
else, whats the matter?'
A YOUNG woman in Bradford county, Pa,
went before justice Of the peace with the man of
her choice and several witnesses, and made her
self u wife, satisfactorily to herself by n simple
promise of fidelity, claiming nothing from her
spouse as q legal right, and insisting upon no cer-
emony There were no VOWS given under tho
form of the law, and no pledges The justice
took no part in the marriage, but sat in the room
only as witness.
IN the town of Ledyard, Conn.,, are fifty
Quakors who own property. They have scruples
against oath taking, aud most of them Will not
/ even affirm. Last year a law was passed making
= tho penalty aocumulative for failure TO return
property lists and those lists must be sworn to or
, affirmed Ten per cent isadded for the first years
. neglect 90 for the second, and so on. The Quaker
must therefore lose heavily or sacrifice principle
unless the legislature changes the law as 1t is
0 asked to do.
OK Thursday evening last, while the prayer
meeting at the First Presbyterian church, SIaun'
ton, Va, was In progress, the congregation was
startled by hearing an alarm clock In the posses
sion Of one of the ladies present go Off at furious
rate. II appeared that the owner had had watch
maker repair it, and very particular in telling
him to set it for 80 o'clock. The lady was think
ing of a. m. and the matchmaker Of p. m. 1t was
set for $3.50 p. m, aud went Off on time in the
: prayer meeting where the owner stopped on her
way home.
AWEsT CHESTER, PA, physician was called
in by mother to see her little son, who was suf-
. fering with, slight chill, the doctor said. The
l mother said she was very much relieved upon
: hearing the result of the doctors diagnosis and
o said she feared her boy had the smallpox The
n doctor thereupon inquired whether tho boy had
been where the smallpox was, when came the re-
ply; "No, he hasn't been where the smallpox was
: but he was playing with II boy who has cousin
: that had the smallpox" The doctor asked IL thN
# second boy had been with his cousin, when the
{ woman replied he had never seen him, but She
;. thought the disease might be in the family,
= THE heirs of Anneke Jams, who reside in
: Chicago, have held a number of meetings o.
" late Their prospects are growing brighter. TheS
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