National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-14


THERE ia growing feeling In New York against
the employment Of French nurses,
THE popular morning costume In Macon Ia
simply an oyercoat and corn-plaster.
A rooR MAN Is to he avolded-he lacks prlnci-
pal and never has any interest In anything.
HONEST farmers in Iowa MI ducks with water
and let them freeze before taking them TO mar
ket.
CAIiFoRSIANs are picking ripe watermelons
when II Is cool enough to go out on shady after.
moons.
THERE remains to he cut Of the Hoosac tunnel |
al2g feet, being SOL feet less than two thirds OF
mile.
sISCE the stokes verdict the thirty Zone pris-
oners in the Tombs charged with murder have |
grown uncomfortable.
A JAPESKSH young man In the Berlin medical |
school KNOWS more about anatomy than any |
other student In the Institution.
ONE towel answers for twelve customers In an
Indianapolis barber shop, and the barber sharp |
ems his razor on the stove pipe.
BRidnAN IOuSd has ordered a car load Of scRbs
shipped by express from Boston to Salt Lake
city. He Is going TO yacclnate his family.
FIFTEEN beautiful maldens Of Terra Haute, H.
diana, propose to Jerk the fOrk-ed lightning for
living or, IN other wOrls, learn telcgrAphy.
A SILVER XXI, fifteen inches long, was what
allied an old la,ly's stomach at New Haven. The
creature thought she was an eleemosynary lnsti-
tuition.
RUSTIC beauties, whose parents 10 not take a
out Of cornsiSiks and straw, covered with sheep
skin.
LAST years crop Of cereals In the United States
aggregated $50, D0, 600 bushels, valued At ,OOO-
OOO,oOO, about eight per cent. Of which reached
the seaboard.
A DASBrRY man, who was trying to shelter
himself In doorway from the rain Of sunday
had the mourntul pleasure OF seeing I'VE Of his
umbrellas 60 by.
ST. PAUL appears TO he nourishing In the last
year 982 buildings, at cost Of over 1880, 900
have been erected. or this number ITO were Gne
business houses.
MILKNEH In London are fined ten dollars every
time they arc caught adding water TO their milk.
such measure IN this country would speedily
ektlnEulsh the national debt.
CLEyEL,sD wants Uncle sam to build mil.
llon-dollar stone wall IN front vi her, In the lake,
to keep the cold Canada winds from blowing
dust In the Bank-street hack-dryen' eyes.
A CHARITABLE lnhabltant Of ~. Louis lately
| sent n bundle containing n waterfall, a sIs-
pender, necktie and shoestring to n COM
| mittee i" for the relief Of the suffering poor"
Tue Legislature Of Ohio has lately passed a
law which makes seller OF lOw-tcst oils respon-
| slble for damage done to person or property BY
It's use. This will drive such oils out Of market
| II the law In enforced.
A YorNa LADY In San Francisco fell asleep in
| her hath tub, and sunbered Eweetly for Two
killed her. hut whether Il was the bath or sleep
ing In a damp bed he hal not decidcd at last ac-
| counts.
An EXPEDITION to explore the land Of Bashan
and Moab, under the command Of Lieutenant
Steeyer, United States army, will net ont from
| New York next autumn to ascertain II Jordan he
| iafII believed ''"' w ""''' u" " P'Pu-
~ a, -, 49,, a., $500, ,-, a.
mOnd swindle cost the people Of Cape Colony
some hundreds of Thousands Of pounds, as when
the news OF the alleged discoveries reached
south Africa the market value Of diamonds was
deprecated by nearly 20 per cent.
THERE Is one lady In Indiana VINO does not get
dragged all around the room by the hair Of her
hean Mneh neI hnfnhhn comes nome tlpht, rat
ent halr restoratlyes have rendered her exempt
from playful tricks OF this kind. She Is bald as
ess,
An Indianapolis editor Is represented a.
mourning end refusing 70 he comfortcd because
" IeCeNeu no lhNllatlOn 70 Hlhethl, mes not
alone IN his troubles; There are multltndes OF
prSP, y, IN WIS M9L'1 VINO woulu IKE an INVITA-
''nh :" soheoo"S IuneIH'
establishing new 5ensssp as sS as s 10 ~
called the "Wldowers' Fund Society A mem.
Der VIII receive 1000 when his wife DIES, to de-
fray the extra expenses arising from her sickness
and burial and the care of the children.
AN eX-Judge OF one Of the Westchester county
n. Y, courts, has been arrested for till-tapping
having been caught In the act. lie seems to be
confirmed kleptoinanlac, as In his room were
found law books, envelopes, paper, wax candles
and variety Of articles OF no use 10 him; which
he mad stolen from other people. He Ia u man OF
means, and had an extensive legal practice
which brought him In large revenue.
THE Mt Washington house now In nrocess nj
construction, at the Fabyan Place near the com
mencement OF the White Mountain railway, will
when finished, be one OF the largest and finssi
hotels In that section OF New England lis frDni
will he 3l2 feet In length, and viii have accom-
modations for six hundred guests IL Is intendef
| to have the main part OF one wing cnmpletpd IN
season for business the coming summer.
AN Irish policeman In Providence was recen,I,
aIiad m hefnrn ths ma an ,h.S,aa , h
iSg heen fonnd asleen WINS on dn's an, na,,
i'e,ing 10 entingpisb ,ha s,res, is,,,, - " ~
hsst A. the nroncr lime Whsn ssaaJ wh M ~ ~
had TO say he responded; az Know, yer Honor
was guilty, and that the city has lost by my neg.
iect 10 put out the gas hut fyer will forgive mT
IN nut IL out enough earlier io-mnrrow night n
make up,"
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tp,an zoe ~ 90 were ,,ocn,a NJ ~ aiin ,h
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