National Republican., 1873-05-24
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sSow Is still plentiful amid the White
GEnNAsr now makes hcr own plate, for
her lron-elad feet.
"MEpfcATED cider" il what you will nav.
TO ask for when you 20 to BC-Jon now.
! IL u suggested that Pocs bird must have
had the dellrinm trcInens, as he was rayin'
/ on q bust.
He who IL only In good health and /. VII
line to work has nothing 10 fear In this world.
-Les-fnJ.
Dusrour girl. who steal shade trees arc
| 'Jngged' A. promptly NJ u they were ~ the
other sex.
LITTLE oIn. at the breakfast table %.
Mamma, this Is very old butter I've found
a gray hair In IT,"
| CniNANES arc said 10 make good market
/ gardeners. No people like them for mlndiDg
their own peas and Iueus.
omar many drovcs Of sheep and cattle
arc being driven from Nlgo aud Sullivan
counties, Indiana, 10 graSe on the Illinois
pralrics.
I ssJO,OD. IL will require the contributions
OF twenty millions Of lookcr on in Vienna 10
make hpay.
IT II said ~ Captain Jack that lac never
takes anything to drink. Probably he's the
only thoroughly temperance man In the coun-
try who doesn't.
A GroRoA girl rode mule 81 miles In one
day last week, and said she was not half 40
tired rs she had been after day at camp
meeting or picnic.
THE stonccutters Of Chicago have volun.
tarily reduced tholr wages, 30 meet the
necessities Of the times, IRON ti.iO for the
working day Of eight hours, TO -.
! Mas. CRASpALI, Of Dcs Molnes, didn't go
OF with handsomrt man than G., hut sle
went oil with the circus and wanted the pro.
rhcitr to make performer Of her.
4 rosrAL-cARD passed through the Albany
/ post Office, addressed TO Governor Dir. asking
Tor loon Of Is until the writer Of the mis-
slrc could dispose Of his canine property.
| sNcE the new iiqnor law In Massachusetts
the Boston Temperance rcformers get drunk
almost exclusively on hay-rum. They Ind Il
Affects the hair Just ~ bcnehrlally as rubbing
II on the scalp.
WHEN q Connecticut deacon nudged q
somnOlcnt wofshlpcr with tho contribution
boI, the decpy Individual awoke, partially
smiled, murmurcd, 81 don't smoke" and
dropped on again.
TuERE arc fourteen thousand drug stor,s
In the United staies, and the number of per.
sons employed In the various branches 0f the
drug business u estimated At one hundred
and thlrty-nve thousand.
AMoSa the many curious thInrs sent 10 the
Vienna exhibition u n model of the city Of
Paris and its fOrtihcations. II Il about eigh-
teen metre. In circumference, and represents
unlnjured the Ncndofne column and the build
ings destroyed by the commune.
TnE young married man who found him.
self At tho theatre the other evening with
| feet encascd In stecl-colored boots, from q
liberal application Of stove backing In the
dark, wants TO know "how long this house
cleaning IL going TO last, anyhow"
THERE l. some talk OF starting a new Re
publican morning daily IN New York city.
| Propositions have, Il IL said, been made 10
Mr.. Erastus Brooks with q view 10 purchas-
Ing the EJpress for it, Associated Press fran.
chise aud turning II into Republican sheet.
Az urchin Of seycn years went Into q barber
shop at Racine, wls., and ordered the barber
10 cut his hair as short as the shcars could do
IT, lie was asked II his mother ordered u
In that way. NO" said he; school com
maam that pulls hair"
Tue New York World presents somc sta
tlstlcs about alcohol that temperance advo-
Gates will read with incrcdnllty. Il l. shown
that there are only 40 deaths Annually
from alcoholism In population u nearly
40, 900, 900, and that according 10 the con.
sumption 0f liquors In this country II takes
about 5000 gallons Of pure alcohol to Nil 4
man.
A MECHANIC In Philadelphia proposes 10
build steamships Of one sOlid piece Of Iron OF
steel, without seam or Joint. This he accom-.
plshes by Welding the plates and frames, In
stead Of using bolts OF rlyets. lie claims that
he has Invented machinery by which the thing
. SnI Ss do SSIs & sTsS1!& sUS & &:s'InE q cot . 3, 2,
strength and durability.
THn Detroit F'roe Prsss says; ~ farmer
went oat Of store In that city Tho other day,
leaving his dog behind, and the clerks got an
/ oyster can and string and thought they
would have little fun. The dog smelt snuff,
and, after taking q mutton chop out Of one
young mans leg, went through ten-dollAr
The clerks igurei -Four cieTks Into ten dol.
lars worth OF glass, twenty shlllings each. +"
Mn. GEoROE WILLIAM Curtis was among
i the auditors at Rubenstcin's Last concert. lie
| looks lust as much az ever like a member Of
the English HouAe Of Commons; has the
same old bonlgnant expression 0f counte-
nance the sAme old mutton-chOp side Nhis-
kers Il NJ fresh and rosy A. though he bad
never seen days sickness In his ufe, and
only indicates his WEAKNESS Of the way thlngs
have lately gone by a lazy fashion of drag.
ging hla legs after him as II his boots weTu
half full Of shot.-k, j. Com. Adcotis,r.
A LITTLE 0IRL attending the South street,
Danbufy, school has lately had her dinner
stolen. No clue could be obtained Ot the
~
Finally u mild plan was hit upon. A tempt
Ing doughnut with filling of cayenne pepper
was placed In her pail, and the result watched
Before noon 4 httic boy was seen at the
pump working II In q lively manner. II
seemed II he had had two hundred pairs oi
arms he could have used them. The hTe was
put out, however, and enough OF the stTuc.
turc saved 10 take across the knee Tor few
minutes.
Ar the Cincinnati musical festival Theo.
dOre Thomas adopted few rules which. like
the Old Farmers Almanac, are adapted "a
any meridian. The doors Oi the hail were
opened an hour before the singing hcgan
: giving ample time for the audience 10 gct
their seats. When the orchestra struck NJ
the doors were closed, and were kept closet
, until the iirst piece on the programme VA
finished. Between the last two numbers IL
, tho list pause was allowed for the depart
urc Of those VII did not wish 10 remain IN
; Ill the end Then the doors were AgalI
: closed and kept closed until the very las
) note Of the concert had died away,
DIscUssIS0 the question whether JcwIsl
: houses Of worship In New York shall Il
opened ou sunday, the Je,rish Tmss l. O
tie opinion that n the decision Of the ques
lIon were left TO common sense and 10 Ia
judgment Of Jewish theol0gians tn decide Ar
cordlng To the laws and usages embodied II
Jewish literature, there IA no doubt that
would result In throwing Wide open the hOus'
: Of worship Of every Jewish congregation Oi
that day. Common sensc and Jewish Ibeol
ogy, adds the Times would decide al ono,
that every day, every hour pas.ed In con
temptation Of the higher aims and objects a
: life i time well spent, whether that day Il
called Sunday, Friday OF Saturday.
Ari.iseraIie NsAs.
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