National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-23


Who will reach out aud "yank the bum
IT'S tho instructed delegate.
SPECTATORS who forced stocks up so high
now admit that they made a bull of it.-Lopeik
Courier.
WHEN Keely, the motor man, COOS out of his
office he puts up notice like this 'wlll be hear
atll"
JENNIE JUNE does not believe in somber-
colorcd apparel. She thinks bright dresses are
necessary to health and a cheerful life.
"a LIVE dog is better than dead lion,"
says proverb, That must have been before dogs
were very we'll KNOWN Whiiehan Timss.
OUIDA is at work on another novel. Its
lurid word painting is voluminous enough to
frcsco All entire city brilliant carInine hue.
RURAL friend wants to know how to
prevent dogs from sucking eggs. A dose of buck
shot In each dog Will have the desired eflect.-0L
city Derrick
"BEssrE BRAMBLE," Pittsburg woman, Is
after Historian Blaine for overlooking in his great
| work the women of the slavery agitation, war,
| and female suffrage periods.
A ST. LOUIS girl who couldn't got rid of q
tiresome lover ut u o'clock usked him why her
| watch was like him, and told him it was because
it wouldn't CO." Then he went.
WnEELMEN in England number hundreds
of thousands, sustain do1eus of newspapers, and
900 manufacturing Grms and are to have u road
from London to Brighton all to themselves
VIcToR HUGO has never chosen to learn
English, believing that If Frenchmen learned no
other tongue than their own tho world would at
the end of half century, speak nothing but
| French.
II is said that in Siberia you can purchase
| a vito for eight dogs, Now If you know what
aiy 1nf IA milf if a
the desire, you can no to Siberia and buy ono
| for them.-BoSon Star.
ATKINSON. Me-, has blacksmith who keeps
dentists chair in corner of his shop aud pulls
occasional aching teeth lie is also good cab
| inotmaker. and when he can't get anything else
| to do he practices law.
A WOMAN named Abbott, of Portsmouth,
N. H., has been held in $500 for stealing letter
belonging to another woman from the postonice
The letter was written by young man for whose
favor both were rivals,
AT dinner recently given by Mrs. Mackay
| in Paris the table was covered with a veritabe
grassy lawn in miniature; tho centerpiece was
replaced by small pond of water, in which fishes
leaped about. Rare flowers took the place OF
| trees,
YOUNG lady brightly to old bachelor)-"Do
you know, Mr.. Singlesome, that when one finds
will be married within yearS' OLD bachelor-"No.
/ have always supposed that finding u four leayed
| clover was an omen of good luck"
~ WOULD die for you" she said, as she chung
fondly around his neck. would you, darling?'
he replied, clasping her tightly; aud then he
added under his breath: ~ wish you would die
for me; it would probably save me damages in u
breach of promise suit.-AhaRtd Constitution.
IT is estimated that there are 1000 moro
females than males in Philadelphia This excess
of the fair is always to be noted In every pop
ulous and civilized community Bat as Quin, the
actor once wlttlly and CALAMITY said of this dis
tributon of the sexes nature happily permits
us 10 see more of heaven than of earth.
ALPHoNsE DAUDET, tho French novelist,
suffers much from neuralgia, contracted during
the war. lie has all the appearance of southern
Frenchman-with brown skin and long dark hair.
He is of middle height and has broad shoulders.
lie lives In fiat Of small rooms in the Boulevard
} de lObseryatoire, overlooking the park.
. "How ABOUT that book of poems you vera
going to PUBLISH" asked n gentleman of pub
, Usher. ION, IL was published two months ago u
|, "Did 1t take?" questioned the gentleman some-
: what interested. "Take?" calculated the pub
:, Usher, with grunt. "TGkel did you say7 Well,
, / should think II did take 1t took every cent |
had and haven't got cent back yet?'-Y onkers
Stdtssman
LORD FALMOUTH never had known bet
in his life except the historical one with Mrs John
Scott, wife of the trainer, viz sxpence that his
mare, Queen Bertha. would not win the oaks, and
which he afterward paid with O new coin set with
diamonds. Including the sum realized by hil
sale Lord Falmouth has during the last fifteen
} years added TO his capital by his turf transactions
sl,00O,000. To win this result, skill judgment
patience, and judicious liberalty have been com
binod to an extent never before brought to beai
on the raising and racing Of thoroughbred horses
M. LIEGARD, tho poet, and owner of the
, villa DIES Vic letes Cannes, says that the Duke OF
= Albany had supernatural warnings Of his ap.
= preaching end two days before no died. At the
/ last ball at which he danced he told his aston
:, ished partner that he had come TO the end of hi
lease OF life. The duke said that between sleeI
ing and waking on the morning Of Tuesday (hi'
decease took place on tho morning of the Friday
folowing) his sister Alice came into his room 4
u tell him she watched over him, and that he wa
" soon to be with her and other kindred spirits in
u sphere where all was peaceful happiness.
), SOME interesting details are now at hant
IS from a French source as TO the new opera upor
y which Signor Verdi is known to be engaged Tn,
composer 1t seems is unwilling to call his operi
Ia "Iago," as that parsonage is quite subSidiar!
n character. The work may not improbably be en-
v titled 1.-THE Moor" Signor Bolto, the librettist
l. nus ulbpoHhcu WIN DuslHOaa VI tHo ulht wv
s. acts of Shakspeare's play, and curously enough
n he has made Rodorigo and Cassie comic charac-
d tiers, obtaining good deal Of fun out of the low
It business of Roderlgo In the catastrophe Desde
mona sings an cave Maria" and after lengthy
and dramatic duet with othello is duly smoth
cred The libretto has been ready for u lon
period. but we must not expect to hear the must
lr for some time TO come.
The late Charles OConor had a habit a
I'd Nantucket OF pacing alone for an hour at a tim
Nv up and down the deserted wharyes of the old
town, and, with his hands thrust In his pocket
a and his hat pulled down on the back of his head
u he appeared utterly lost In thought During on
Of these walks visitor 10 the place CHANGED Il
" wander down to the wharf, and was drawn int
~, rS conversation by the celebrated lawyer. MI
OConor spoke of his attachment to the island o
gs account Of the wonderfully tonic effect of the al
rs upon him and his decision to make the place hi
o. home. During the conversation the suggestion
49, was made that II was strange he was not lonely /
80 quiet place after such a busy life IN Me-
~ York. Mr.. O'Conor quickly replied ~ do n
ii despse society but could be happy on the islam
40 OF Juan Fernandez-eyen without the man Fri
day"