National Republican., 1884-04-15


And penetrates his itching nose;
His cheeks arc damp with muddy tears,
As each successive sneeze is snoSe,
Mr.. RODNEY WALLACE Of Fitchburg,
Mass, has given tina city a lot Of land on Monu.
ment square valued at $4,000 and will build
upon II at his own expense free public library,
reading room, and art gallery to cost $4,000.
A GUEST at GAINESVILLE restaurant called
sharply to the waiter: Take these fried oysters
away: they aro spoiled" ~ guess yous right,
boss" he replied. II gave 'em 70 three other
chaps before you, and they said the same thing"
A SPORTSMAN hooked salmon in the North
Esk river Scotland, the other day which he played
for twenty hours In the effort to tire II out and
then had his trouble for his pains, the fish snap
ping the line at the last 1t was estimated to
weigh at least sixty pounds.
EMMA ABBOTT says the acoustic properties
Of the Mormon Temple are better than those Of
any other building she ever sang in so good.
indeed, that once she stood at one end Of 1t ana
heard one single pin dropped into mans hat
at the otker end. And 1t wasn't q rolling. pin,
either
EDWIN BOOTH says he will ne YER 20 ION
the road" Sgain but will conhne himself to play
ing in few Of the large cities Of the east. His
health is not good, and he does not care to exert
Brooklyn than in any other city; Boston next,
and probably Philadelphia third, though he has
to play there atlower prices than elsewhere, He
is now worth about Sl,O00,0oO. and long ago paid
all his debts in full,
"oF what did your father die?" asked tho
insurance examiner. "Dropsy," replied the young
man, in falterng tones. "H'm,n said the exam
iner, hereditary" The young man said he
hoped not, and nervously tried to change the
ht,N. a,.A l0h
admit that his father had the dropsy out In Ari-
zona, and that when he dropped he didn't get all
the way down and there was nothing for him to
| light on. But the insurance man seemed 70 be
| greatly relieved, and said there was nothing in
hat to stand In the way OF his getting policy.
A CURIOUS accident took place at funera
at Wabash, Ina, tuesday last, While the re-
| mains OF young man were being lowered into q
grave the coffin suddenly collapsed, and the body
fell six feet to the bottom, striking violently on
| the hard ground, and doubling'up. The corpse
was removed and once more put In the casket
and just as the attendants were letting Il down a
second time the coffin splitin twain, and ths-body,
thead first, pitched into the grave On tho third
attempt the patched-up coffin held together until
| it reached the bottom.
A GENTLEMAN living at Aiken, S. c., owned
pair Of ponies which the family had driven for
| years. Recently the roads became 70 bad that he
sent the ponies out to bis plantation 70 pasture
and bought team Of stout horses. When tho
ponies went to the farm the old family coach dog.
which had run with them for years, accompanied
them. They had been there week whom the dog
tr otted back to town TO see his master He hoyerod
around the new horses for few minutes and then
put off briskly for the farm. In au hour he
| came back, followed by the two faithful old
| ponies, whose places had been usurped by the
| horses
No, n II.
| ia nous war correspondent was married to an
| Italian lady in Paris Their friends sent then
lots of elegant presents which they left in charge
| Of friend In London until they finished their
wedding tour. Shortly after they had gone 4 por.
ter, rgged out In fine livery, called at the house
with cart and told the lady that Mrs Russell had
returned and he had been sent amer tho boxes
| left in her care she handed them over but
wondered why they had not sent card annouuc-
| ing their return. The next mail brought her q
letter stating they would be back In fortnight;
at which time they would have the boxes re-
moved. The chap in livery was a thief.
A couple of reliable astronomers, Profs.
| Hough and Burnham, of Dearborn observatory,
have been making some careful micrometrical
| measurements OF the planet Sirius and his moon.
This planet is the brightest in the whole frma.
ment, and Its distance from the earth is estimated
to be 1875 600 times greater than the distance Of
measure its distance in another way, its light,
travelling at the rate of 10000 miles per second,
would be moro than twenty one years in reaching
| the earth. In other words still, the astronomer
who turns his telescope now that star sees 1t as
| II was more than score Of years ago The dl.
mensions ofthe star must be enormous. even as
compared with our sun, for II is quite twice tho
brilliancy of any Of its companions, while our sun
at that distance would probably appear like q star
of the fourth magnitude.
GEORGE SMITH, owner Of fine plantation
near Macon, Ca, Gays that during recent cyclone
one Of the negro cabins, in which were two negro
babies, was blown to atoms and the debris set on
| fire. When the storm had abated somewhatthe
| mothers OF the children rushed out OF the storm
| pit, expecting TO find them dead and when the
| sight Of the dismantled aud blazing cabin m ct
their eyes they both tainted, supposng OF course
| that the picaninnies were both dead. Mr., Smith
hastened TO the wreck, and to his surprise he
i found both OF the babies uniniured. One Of then
was picking the dirt out of Its eyes as though jus
awake while the other was still asleep. Wher
the little black things were returned TO the dis
| tracted women they danced and cried for joys
| Debris was piled all around them, but nothing OF
sufhcient weight to produce an injury had touched
| them. Tho preacher took this as an evidence that
| the Lord was in that neghborhoOd, aud revival
| was started at once.
In Germany the young man who thinks
| certain young lady's father would make good
father in-law puts his best clothes calls on the
old gentleman, and asks for the hand Of his
daughter. lie never thinks Of appealing first to
the young lady. That would be almost as great
| an ofense against good morals as 1t is for the
young lady to receive gentlemen callers without
| her mother being present The old gentleman
sizes up the young mans pile, his prospects, and
the standing of his family, If these are sasfac-'
tory he is then introduced to the girl as hor afi-
anced husband. Having mortal dread OF being
an old maid, she at once falls In love. They now
60 out together and act Just as spoony on the
streets Rld in public places as they are amind to
without fear of exciting special remark, whereas,
had they been seen on the street together before
the engagement she would have been dropped
from the rolls of good society and no would have
been twitted and teased by his friends until life
would have become burden, They go very little
on love, the whole matrimonial scheme IN alb
| classes being regarded ~ o business off e.