National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-18
OtjDs AND ENDS.

million ycat To- spend for clothes Is probably
one reason Why there are none like Der.
A CbNNEtftcur young lady given to
.omnanbul'.m arose from her bed some
nights ago pud wandered OF to brook. in
which she was discovered lying asleep in two
feet OF water, with her head on the bank
DIR. DrecHAMPs asserts that the mi
rrnbc OF scarlet foyer is bacillus. shaped like
4 hair, win long swelling on the upper part
II reproduces rapidly. but is easily killed by
all the leading disinfcctants, particularly by
the new chemical thyinol.
THEParis Yoitaire tolls young man:
III your liancee shows a marked prediction
for Strauss you may set her down as frivolous
for Beethoven, as cross Llszt, as ambitious;
Verdi, sentimental Mozart, prudent oflen-
bach, giddy Wagner, crankish. Ifyou would
be safe, select woman who doesn't play the
piano"
GOETHE was given in 1923 the most
costly present that any mortal ever received,
namely, twelve bottles of Roscnweln, which
were sent him by the city of Bremen. In the
famous Rathskeller in that city Is special
vault containing this wine, which was vinted
In 1924, aud then cost sixty reichsthaler the
oxhoft ian old measure). Takug this at COM
Goethe was s22,t0O,00O.
Mrs. Stowe, the wondorous story.tel-
Ter, who has given greater usefulness to fiction
than all Its people except Bunyan, is again In
health and homefulness at Hartford. She Is
now 70 years old; her husband is so. At fif-
teen she was a school teacher like Mrs. Blaine.
In essentials she was OF the west, where she
lived seventeen years and where she began to
iii lNnF has nl,a ntaxa
start In Kentucky and escape to Ohio.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has very sweet tenor
voice, and sings English, Scotch, and Irish
ballads, as well as negro melodies. to which
he confines himself, with great taste and feel
ing, but when he goes on visits to country
houses he insists on singing duets with Mrs.
Gladstone, who is very much in the situation
of Col. Bardwell slote, "I sing, but those who
hear me say l don't" and the business be-
comes bore.
BRIDESMAIDS are very important now,
and seem to require more attention than the
bride. At one wedding the maids were
picturesque In cream lace frocks and clark
red straw hats trimmed with red velvet feath-
ers red silk stockings, and red kid shoes"
(strange trimming for hat-stockings and
shoes). At another wedding the maids wore
creain ihce unu satin WIN goiu ponhets' anu
carrieu Douquetsoi yeiioW no"ers unu pro"h
leaves.
A PARIS paper tells of new science,
PhRogdphic--the art of discriminating char
acter by the beard. Close.growing hair indi-
Gates n vigorous Temperament and decided
temper; coarse hair, obstinacy fine hair, re-
finemcnt and erratlc tendencies; curly boards
appertain to brilliant and sprightly but super
a - a =.
fetal persons; harsh, to amiable but cold ma
lures. The character OF n man Is variously IN
dictated according as he wears his nair, beard,
mustache, &c
WRITING of Sheridan's ride one who
saw him saws. "IIe wore some of the regulation
uniform but not much. On his head was a
little round can sucb az German students wear.
In his right hand he held n small riding whip
which. Judging by the welts on the horses
aanks. Ind been industriously used He was
splsshed with mud and had n big daub of It
just under one eye, which gave him sort of
been'to-a-wake look If he had any gaunt-
lets they were in his pockets
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o,naaronoo T., ,ho aiu,a ,,,,sn,,,,s rrho ont
nj Ia NO, ,,s,,s ,n,,,ro. b,, ,ho ,,c,im oe an.
,isan,,o s,,r,orv Tha tai, Of n Reality rot "a
o,,, az ana ,n:or,ad In a v,shanod an, In ,ha
If mi Ia draaa
nlied and The sour limbs tied IN a litile rama
N nrovont scro,cbipo tho now onnondoge
Tho seco,d tail $50 a" an t,ventv. four hours
and in four days nervous connection is estab.
lished. 'Thereaf,er the rodent guards its front
tail as zealously ma the other.
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an. -, a. n. -. no ~ ~, Nv a. 1850
he calls II 4 cottoge II i an imnosins so,,ars
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with marble statues of the whole Olympic host
| In groups of two or three. The front has 4
deem portico set unto each story. while the
plain molding between the stories contains In
large Greek letters the inscription "Ilion Mara.
thon.n The interior consists of LOFTY, spacious
rooms. with marble floors and ceiling frescoed
| richly with Illustrations from Greel, mythol.
| opv. Part of tho collection of antiouities ding
| nm nj Troy IL within the marble "cottape. the
remainder being in Germany.
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| ' CLhis n"o" Nn' 'n'
inventor vi oniorouyhe, nus Jus' uieu' says 'ue
LONDON correspondent Oh the neo'c" Heco,u'
ohiorouyhe Is perhaps ,ne ohiy pa'eh. iheol-
cue anu secret remedy wnicii ~, nus pech largely
tended that it contained certain alkaloid
which gave 1t valuable properties. They de-
clared that this could not be discovered by
analysis This proved to be so far correct tina
many people were inclined to regard the
'alkaloid as q myth. Several lawsuits have
been waged over chlorodyne. The final re
suit was to leave the original inventor, DIR.
Browne, in undisturbed possession of his
rights. He derived a large income from the
sale of the preparation"
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