National Republican., 1884-04-12

| Sure will come, If 1 come on crutches,
| And drive them all home for such pay"
-Wdlidm Lyle
ONE of the plans to make Paris a seaport
is to convert the River Seine into canal es feet
wide. The cost of dredging, &c, is estimated at
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DIR. DUDGEoN, the prominent homeopath-
list, of London. publishes q statement claiming for
the great Hahnemann the credit of first discover
ing the cause OF cholera as now nscertalned,
whereat all the allopathists of London declare
that Huhnemann is entitled to no such credit and
further that the cause Of cholera Is not yet ascer-
tained.
REBEccA WRIGHT then q young Quaker
| girl, gave Gen. Phil Sheridan the first informa-
tton that induced him to attack and capture
| Winchester Sheridan rewarded her first with .all
| tile fresh beef she wanted" and afterward got
| her place In the treasury department, which she
subsequently resigned TO marry Quaker named
Bonsall. Sheridan swore that she was entitled to
| pension, and Simon Cameron expressed the
| opinion that Gen. Sheridan should have married
! her.
A CAT rabbit is creating a stir among the
uriosity hunters. II belongs to J. g. Brasingtop.
Camden, S. c., and is no fake, but genuine cross
between the domestic cat and white rabbit. Tho
forward part of is perfect cat, while the hinder
hnlfis perfect rabbit, including the stumpy tail
eats anything that either cat or a rabbit will
eat, which is nearly anything eatable The mother
OF the freak is a handsome old tabby, and the
kitten born at the time the mixed one was ia q
| perfect little mouser.
A DETROIT wife Of three months standing
asks for divorce, charging that her husband had
won her heart and hand by lying in this that he
had told her time and again that he was the
owner of horse and wagon, whereas she has dis
covered that he only has wagon, and very bad
one at that What makes her SO mad is that she
I threw away a chance to marry newspaper car
rier, thinking she would be able to sicken the other
women in the block by appearing in her own turn
out on parade days.
A TUCSON "a. T. paper says that one after
noon recently when the east bound passenger
train was aboutte miles out, rare mirage of the
entire train was reflected on the western horizon,
and could be seen moving at a rapid rate for more
than one mile along in the air. The color of the
cars was very distinct, and the entire train well
outlined that 1t was readily identified on its ap-
proach to the depot. The sight was witnessed by
large number ofporsons
A CURIOUS bathing establishment is about
to be erected near the Sea Beach hotel at Coney
Island, New York. The structure will be In the
shape OF a whale and about the size of the Ele-
phant hotel. The building will rest on the sand,
the entrance being at the tail, while the bathers
will make their exit to the water through the
mouth. restaurant will form principal fea-
ture of the interior, and steam engine for drying
suits will be so arranged that the escape steam
shall seem like the spout" ofa whale.
The bananas we eat have O tempting look
but If we knew their antecedents they would often
be severely lett alone. Thosfruit venders In most
OF our cities are Door persons, and it isa common
thing to find one of them living In single room
which serves for store, bed room, washing house,
kitchen, and bath room In this room the ban
anas are kept in every stage Of ripening. Bananas
or other fruit kept in such way cannot be whole
some or fit for food. They certainly absorb more
or less of the poison from the foul vapor in the
room. The poison not only penetrates the skin,
but lodges in the pulp
A FAT gentleman, who had not como out
Of the bath, half opens the door OF his dressing
room, and, in a state of bewilderment, calls out:
" Boy, what sort of place 10 this? Some one has
stolen my pants" Impossible, sir. This estab.
lishment is strictly honest. will go and see, but
there must be some mistake" About five minutee
afterward the fat gentleman who is still In the
primitive uniform Of the garden of paradise,
calls the boy again in voice agitated by un-
easiness. Tho hoy returns and shouts in q
shrill voice: "Can't you find your pants any
where. sir. Are you sure you had any when you
came in?"
PERE SAMSON, one of the many dis.
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ancestors had been in the same business for many
years before him. said, when speaking of his aids
"I exact an irreproachable morality from my as.
sisants, and, above all, Christian faith. The con-
demned man is upon the scaffold; the priest speaks
TO him of eternity and ofa God who pardons and
awaits him. 1t is becoming for us all to unite
with the chaplain at least far as our attitude is
concerned. 1t would be indecent for the patient
to perceive smile of incredulity or mockery on
any of our lips. But il you only knew how difi-
cult 1t is to find religious assistants This Is
why am dissatisfied and why / so often change
my coadjutors."
ALICE AcKERMAN recently graduated at
the Langly school, England. She had never missed
a day since the school opened in 1875, and in COM
pleting her 3i5l atendances is said to have walked
5000 miles. She has passed every standard sue
cessfully and in the three subjects in first grade
drawing obtained excellent prizes in freehand
and model as also in the three stages OF the spe-
cifc subjects, literature, domestic economy, and
animal physiology, and in one stage in physical
geography. She has also obtained twenty.siE
other prizes for good attendance, sculpture, sew
ing knitting, 30. A prominent physician who
was called TO visit her recently says two or three
years in the south of France, and the exercise OF
the greatest care in diet and exercise may restore
her to such a state of health that she will escape
tho title of chronic, nervous invalid.
DURING the fire which destroyed ono of tho
finest blocks in Portland, Me-, one night last
week, an old employe in the gun'store went down
into the cellar, amid the stifing smoke and show
ering sparks, shouldered q large keg Of powder,
and carried 1t out through perfect sea of fire.
Had he not lett his bed and come with all haste,
there is no telling what might have happened, as
nearly all the ladders were standing against this
building aud large number OF fremen were on
Tho upner floors No one knew II was there but
him As soon az the alarm sounded he was i'm