National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-10
= HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS.

Broken spirit Iran ly snrrsh.
Lyna's sho. la siuess which is Its sole reliance,
8 i'm. 'rev.ng
- parlor match-popping the question In tne
drawing room.
VIVA. is the f,ra,,-- aga for parsOn' Why the
parsonage, o. c1H'sa.
transactions il hair" is Dstroit ediso's ID
1ro'UcsIon I" :, street. acht.
Miss Anthem always concludes h0i
~lth"' Amen and women"
1t Is doubted wns {! eT the Nov meAieo
stockholders tell IN orc true taie.
A horse on. Wc.- drinks whisky. He proos"y
hnds no difficulty in breaking into . a.,
Ssme oac Gers Llszt hundred tnea ~. th;:
lar no in exs ii;:c for o few Of his own IN TINS
couliry.
One rre.. difference between Byron and Burns
n has s.sIs s sSs9 T noW sfe, h' ono
~ Ea,,s X 81 ;armcr boasts that his hens
lay Guys tha; can't IT, beat That farmer ougn'
to be taken into cusiardy. 49,.
= beauty Mt n Phi!.ielphis fair. She wiil'bs won
herself pretty spon, Probably.
Ksneas City complains Of It's corn that "ths
kernels shed hlgn 1t slT,sss ~ ~ ,S do 'AA' '''
81. Louis allows hut one tcothptck 70 qrsst .,
SCUM Bostcf /, more liberal. You can take Is
many tcOthpics you like without soup
fee, unoom: ssi afler s 70 hsse done
"Mfuspas big leather strap" fseaingy f'P'''1
Assss chri.tm,s dinner given to the shopsi.I:
in Do0hnss Bower ia Boston, one OF INC n'y s,I -
displayed was .'poacc on earth; gooo Wa "
woman"
A tn.n writes to gu editor for sosf dollars ~"
capn he Is 60 IN Ally shor., ana gets n repy
thu hse-tises resl.,ase, ado as do-stand up on
chair"
TR boys new trousers, espQsf.sse,ssssa
. to i.os q. saeaa ::
plus sifra." -z,.t
D4ss.. are barely mcv.t.sp.'n istt y - -
son hat the husband can md cSns 60 ~ ti.cS
his &ife for tweT:y i've couts when ne gus ~Eoo
OF EAtrimony. 1855
In wostneid. slazsachuscsts, Las. week, 8 yosns
man who .aysA 2 ahiid from drSynang NJ IIi as,
scented BY the CRATE Jul father OF the feso"es "i'n
Fort Wayne girl engaged herself 70 ya.s
man "for trf, sut she tainted wheo sne Nend
that he had procured the publtcatioo OF the on
: gagenent In u Newspaper.
The girls In fscstun high sehonl are 10 BE- taught
photography. pc :hsps to impress upon tne,. Sn,,t
the grammatical rule that two negatives cont
: always make an affirmative.
JOHN Hcndcrsoa suing for divorce In Indiana
alescs thst his wife trapped hin ~ mesnS ti =.
false hall fsse ssss,ess. Isiso NY
Tht following is copy Of notice displaysd In
: q fen in South l. ndos: tLadies ana genoemen
are requested nj 10 steal turnlPs. otner PsssonS'
If detected, will he prosecuted"
Doasssio young lady tnaking pas;l Fraak.
the kitchens no place for boys- Hes aon9a snc sa
an attraction for you!" Clever yqHh; UT is01
A nan was turned out Of the g.1.Z Of . Mem;
phis theatre the ether night for s.aling sot, g
M"Ldi. Thc~Psop ai, Full e E0s' CD Tow
MiSs MARY Dollar. Of Indiana, has made Mr..
: Roush give her her name four hsadred times r.
: Pcatsd because he refused TO give her his name,
according TO sundry VOWS and ostns.
heicS club in London is about breaking vp.
the members being hopelcesly divided On the
greasQlcstiOD as to the propriety OF using sesinS
wax 1or ordinary business letters. d. 4
l-S~ 10 In
fsrty mouths in distressful pantomine. wit
do yea wapti' asked the teacher. "Your harris
faliiag orr answered the chorua
Building castles in Spain, IT. 81" s.id The
gardfng his breakfast cup. mo, ma'am," said
Spioef, soaly looking over my grounds In Js's."
"a S:n sesa;
Yer 1Ith them giasses on:" Nesrsightedparty-
f.Hov the deuce am to hit you II I take en- off"
"Ms. Asa, Of westcrn Kansas, Is txsnty-nins
years old and has fourteen children" Foartseo
AsssT Hes1eps! wha. q prodixious poker.ha.d
that vonan does hold -LoSisviAe cosr;er-Issr.
aai. l
In s.Ga,uornia obituary it is stated that -
decessed was q person Of romantic nature. he
placed The kfeech Of his gun In the fc, and, look
ing down tss mussle, departed hence instsnAse'
DUSTY"
young man employed in . cotton fsctoryst
Hyds Park, Massachusetts,, is SO popular white
fair sex that when he was convicted Of being dssnk
The girls In the mill took up COLLECTION s"s Pa'a
"A little knot of ladies were discussing - sub
fec. If marriage. One Of the party, singh young
lady, saId, "Aatehes are made In heaven" VERY
likely. was the quick reielnder Of married LADY,
''and t6ey are esten dipped in the other plaza"
An 1rfshmans idca Of finances s happily illns-
-tfsted by the following anecdote: ~If put ny
money In tAe savings bank, when csn get It cut
ag3fnt" aSked Psi "Och!" satd Mike, sure
an If you put it in to-day, you en- draw 1t out To-
morrow by giving sixty days' aottce."
sB, careful how you driak, Or you'll wash ths
color Som your ehee Ks, T" said gentlemao 1t .
fashlsaaSls party, ACHE handed glass Of wstss
to q lady '.Thrre is To dancer 81 WOW. ~~~. 49,