National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-17


1t has eased full many an aching pain;
1t has kept the spirit from envy free,
Has dulled the ear to the worlds rude din,
oh best of blessing it's been to me-
To look for the hour when my ship comes in,
-Ediodrd $. Rand.
NINE. MoDJEsKA will pass the summer in
Poland.
THE Chicago speculator's little jest; ~
can't bear pork"
A MAN always hunting for an eclipse sees
through glass darkly.
BREAD aud butter in politics occupies a
bigger space than patrou,m.
No MAN can afford to have o friend whose
talk makes him tired Life is too short.
WHALEBoNE is now selling at the rate of
sl2, 25o per ton. OF corset has come to stay.
THERE is pretty girl reporter in tho
Louisiana legislature. Her name Is Miss Small.
wood.
OSCAR WILDE's full registered namo on
his marriage certificate Is Oscar Fingal o'Flaherty
Wilde.
ALBANY, N. Y, with population of 81 600
has only 1850 saloons. License must be very high
in Albany,
THE pipe of Jacksonville man was
knocked out of his mouth by lightning while he
was smoking
WHEN the will of tho late Michael I. Bass,
the English brewer, was proved fortnight ago,the
personality WIS sworn to at 50, 100000.
MAJ. WILLIAM b. BIcKuAN, editor of the
Dayton (ohio) Journal, is, since the death OF the
venerable james Watson Webb, the Oldest living
journalist in America
DURING the trial of q recent divorce suit
in Detroit, the complain ant produced the follow
| ing as evidence that her husband had agreed not
to drink: 81 hEiRBy giys UP The liCKeR myKe
FINN"
MRS. w. S. HoYT, of Pelham, N. Y, has
established i'll that town school where the boys
and girls of the neighborhood may learn mechani-
cal trades. She also provides for the maintenance
of the institution.
THE young lady pedestrians Of Georgia
wear Mother Hubbards in their walking matches,
and are not afraid of the police. This lawless-
ness in q southern state nineteen years after thu
close of the war is q bad omen for the south.
A YOUNG medical student in Paris has
offered himself a subject for the first expert
ments OF NJ. Pasteur in the incubation of hydro
! phobia. He declares his perfect readiness and
pride in serving the cause of science. even at tho
| risk of his life.
FORT MONROE, Va, is tho largest fort in
the world, covering an area of seven miles. IL
was built in 1877 aud to the unnitiated looks al
-, h.a..,, 80 .,aa,' ,o.,, ~ -, 80.
tha oIhar so,,, con,Ynond the nd a rr,oaohos
Gov. ROBINSON, of Massachusetts,, at o re-
cent meeting OF the STATE Medical society, gave
Y MS sentiments on the woman question: ne sa'd'
If woman can cure me or any member Of my
family, God bless her for doing SO! Why, who OBJ
jecs to a woman joining fellow? II woman
wants TO be q fellow with other fellows, let her
do it,"
"MAY is said to be an unlucky month for
marriages" An old bachelor says that, accord
ing to the testimony of his friends who have
slipped their heads into the matrimonial moose,
the other unlucky months for marriages are June,
July, August, September, October, November.
December, January, February, March, and April.
-NorttStot'n Herald
ENGLISH women have already found
way 10 evade the action of pGrl lament refusing to
permit woman suffrage. Miss Helen Taylor
has presented herself as q candidate for the house
of commons, and there is said to be no legal OBJ
stacIe to prevent her taking her seat. 1t would be
rather rough Joke on parliament II the ladies
should take 1t into their heads to capture the
house and run II TO suit themselves.
pr,o,,v to,-, has mat r.;d n sor,ouha.
,o,t,sn a",,,,Ir,ar, 70 sarah parnhar,, 4
80, tn ho ran,una ~ q, cI,os ha. Iona h.a,
known as the Rue st. Bernard, but lalcising mu-
nicipal council has determined to suppress the St,
and to name It Rue Sarah Bernherdt The reason
alleged by the council for this choice Is that the
street in question is long and very narrow. and is
accordingly in keeping with the personality OF tho
great actress.
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oi mem JiV - $3.50 .oS
,'o e., a',a snhar 100 Nd ahe vim
ner, ~ s"1O rar,aS ,Sa honnv daS. 10 in
nes ~ 49, nats With her and sn,d IN accents