National Republican., 1884-03-04


permit him to marry cousin. The reply was.
"The law is 'willin',' II the cousin is"
A SON writes to his father begging for $50
| and excusing himself for not preparing postage
the letter. but suggesting that If the father will
| send him four postal orders of s4e9 each he will
have cents out and therefore be 2 cents ahead.
THE late Richard somers Smith, of Phlla-
delphia, was the third of six brothers, all of whom
| lived TO celebrate their golden weddings. He
was born IN 1889, and consequently lived under
| the administration Of every President the United
states has yet had.
AT one of the fashionable New York
hotels q magnhccnily dressed and radinntly
healthy lady comes down to the first table with
eleven of her children, leaving the remaining
eight younger oues TO be brought to the second
| table by three nurses. Fact,
A RoxBURY DOCTOR who detests curl
papers, quantity says tnat he could never see why
| any woman should hnd 1t pleasant to look like
| atnn in the morning (having IN inind the paper
horns projecting over the forehead) for the sake
of resembling a negress in the afternoon.
THE Psychological journal gives the in-
crease of the number of insuue persons In the Uni
ted States at from 1850 to 1860 si32 1860 to 1870
1890; 1870 10 $780, 5i,565. The whole number of
our insane is given at VI 997; Idiots, 1886. More
han one-half are not under hosp ital treatment.
A HUNTER who lost his way during late
snow storm near Las Minas, Chihuahua, became
so hungry that he cut off his faithful dogs tail for
| food, which he roasted and ate. He then gave
the bone to the unfortunate canine, not unmind-
ful Of the debt ofgratitude he owed the sacrifice
ing animal.
LET me have piece we'll DONE" said an
Irish waiter to a carver, who was busy at q round
of beef "Is 1t for a gentleman? mo, sir"
I-nr lad oirt' u Ignro olt ihan
" No, SIR" "well, then, who under the heaven
is it forg' asked the excited carver. "For q
tailor, replied Pat
NINE. MINNIE HAUK, who has become the
most popular of prime donne in the south, opened
the New Park theater, Jacksonville, Florida,
with Faust" last week. During her visit in that
city she bought forty little alligators, which have
since been wandering through the mails as gifts
to her friends In the north.
BROOKLYN physicians are mystihsd by tn
strange power of blind man not only to distiD
guish articles and people, but also TO give ~
accurate description Of them. The man claims u.
be able to see with his brain. They have put hin
through several tests, but thus far have not sue:
ceeded in disproving his pretensions
CAMEL-REARINa is not as important an
| industry in Russia nowadays as 1t was in years
gone by, the goat ranches having superseded It,
! There are only about 100000 camels there now.
while there are over 100000 goats. The latter Is
now the principal occupation in the mountainous
portions of the Caucasus and 1t brought in over
OOon tn the people engaged in 1t in 1877.
THE pope has given orders for the removal
of the body Of Innocent1II from Perug,a to Rome,
where a splendid monument will be erected to
him. The remains Of Gregory VII will also bs
brought from salerno and buried next to Alexau-
der III, the author ofthe Lombard league. So the
| three popes who have fought most for the church
will be all buried together in the grand basilca.
WESTERN township correspondent writes
| to his county paper concerning recent wedding.
| which may account for the wonderful redness OIL
| the western evening sky: "The two were thrown
| into one anothers society, and their souls mated
in the mpenetrable mystery Of their nativity, and
| being instinctively drawn together, blended and
| beautifed in the assimilated alembic OF eternal
| love-"
| AMONG the scientific results Of Greenland
expeditions 1t has been discovered that, contrary
to the general belief, the west coast of Greenlan,
| is washed by cold water, while a greatly heate
current coming from the south runs along tn
east coast ut q short distance from the shore, Th
| current must exercise great influence on tn
climate of the east coast, which may be mor
moist, but, in the scientists opinion. not colde
| than that Of the west coast.
IN 1881 Fargo (Dakota) farmer noticed
single stool of wheat in his oat field the product
| Of one kernel which consisted of twenty two
stalks headed out. These contained $50 grains, of
which 760 were planted In 1882, yielding one. fifth
| Of bushel. Last spring this wheat was planted
| and carefully cultivated. The product has Just
| been measured, and Is seventeen bushels, an in
crease of eighty five fold and yield of fGty-six
bushels and thirty-two pounds to the acre. Sew
enteen bushels from single kernel in three years
is good growth and illustrates the fecundity OF
| nature.
The employees at the dry dock saw mill at
Mobile were badly frightened tho other day by
blaze of fire suddenly enveloping log that was
being ripped in two. When the machinery was
stopped 1t was found that the teeth were all
| knocked off the saw. On cutting into the log
| six.inch iron shell was found near the center.
The tree from which the log was taken grew In
the vicinity of the Spanish forts New Orleans,
aud 1t is not certain whether the shell was en-
bedded there during Jacksons famous battle or at
the capture of the city by Farragut in 1862 The
fuse and powder were in primo condition, and the
only wonder is they were not ignited.
BUDp DoBLE, tho turfman, wasg o
| q high degree when he visited Goldsmith Mare an
| Trenton the other day. "Did she know me?' said
Mr.. Doble. "Bless your soul, the minute en-
tered her stall she came up to me and rubbed her
head against my arm and face. She neighed and
frsked aroun the stall like colt and did every
thing but speak. You remem mber, she had an un-
usually long tail. used to teach her TO lie down
| so that her tail would be clear Of everything. I
asked her to lie down this time, and you would
have laughed to see her turn round and round
and switch her tail about until It was just so and
then lie down with it extended on the clean
straw"
A MILLEDGEvILLE merchant suspected one
Of his clerks Of pilfering from the cash drawer
In order to make sure Of 1t he marked number
of coin pieces and posted other merchants wnere
young Adams dealt to watch for them. His sus-
picions were fully confirmed, and he determined
to dismiss the thief and say nothing about 1t. One
morning he was surprised to receive challenge
from Adams to fight duel, The second ex-
planned that his principal had discovered marked
co MS in the drawer. which he considered re-
Election on his character. The merchant replied
that he had found similar marked coins in sundry
places where they reflected much stronger on
his character. The affair was settled without blood.
shed,
A YOUNG New York gentleman of culture
and wealth, with n tendency to dudishness made
The acquaintance of an accomplished young lady
of Rayenna, Ohio. He had habit of saying
$50" at the end Of every sentence when any one
was talking to him. After saying $50 number
of times while the lady was telling him something
she stopped the story suddenly aud said: "What
do you take me for a COW? That's what we say
to the cows when we want them to stand still.
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