National Republican., 1876-12-22
CURIOsITY SHOP.
Pull down your ear muffs.

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Every path has its puddle.
The first Nosh-tickle on record-tfe
These are not the times that dry mems
: Know ell men by these Christmas
presents.
TIE Hoxfords decline to row Yale.
'ows that for 'ighf
San Francisco lady rife shots adopt
the Creedmoor posture.
rG-Samosn girls dancing in the moonlight
look like bronze fairies.
Motto for the entrance to foundling
asylur-Thus far and no father -r-.
Horses wear "bonnets" In France, but
on the Plains they have hos tiles.
1T requires nearly as much sense to
perceive good joke as to make one. ,-
Most Of the chaps who left their money
in Morrisseys pool look as If they had seen bet
ter days. - iItt. J." a. -f'.'I+h'I
me snow or give me ice; don't
think much Of thaws," says the boy that coasts
sr-"Mated and Cremated" is the Com
mereiaI Bulletins head for the marriage and
death column. t as7 p
When man has "seen his best days"
there is one consolation: he has generally seen
his worst, also. a H.. ....Hrs a-TH -.li5
There are in st. Louis twenty six
kindergartsns, with an average attendance Of
hfty pupils each ~
Such is fame. Charley Ross father
has Just had potato pstdlsr arrested for selling
on short MEASURE. f"
ID never dId like mutton with c.pers,
Brown said, as he brushed his clothes after an
sttack nom ram. ~ - .r'
-"Raphaeling for Turckees heare efsry
mite, is the way q Poughkeepsian put # on the
sign over Ms store. p. e.. ..
'-Whstl another savings bank gone upf
The old Shocking begins to loom up again as
The man who sang "Cub. oh. cub wib
me-" Is supposed to have been in the habit Of
going out bear headed. 4.f ...- ...H.
There is as much scratching" upon
the New Year lists this season as there. was on
"A peddler stopped funeral procession
In Connecticut, and tried to sell mourning goods
TO the folks in the carriages.
The fell Of Juggernsut" says an ex
change, 1s being widely prophssied among the
| Hindoosn Wen, who carsf '-.-, g.
The fashionable Te1ss swain always
| sealing letter to his lady love.
-Bummers or buzzers are not twins.
| but much alike. The former trips and nps and
| runs awsy. The buxsers remain.
-Ulsters encourage modesty in the
AtsI wsaspE Il, one awhile man
Il
\ girl Fuckers up her sweetest smile and says, II
wonder what I'll get, Christmasf" -r.rr- 81.
| Much of England Christmas beef this
year will be of American raising. The plum
l puddings will be Of her own raisin'. =
| -'.Is your voice q sophomoref" inquired
1 o country music committeeman Of young lady
who applied for position In the choir. = so.
It is said that the peculiar odor and
4 great strength Of Russia leather are owing TO
the use Of white birch bark in tanning. r..-
DIR. Hollands Seven Oaks" has been
dramatized, and depraved person suggests that
| It ought to be acorn-founded good play.
/ Hing Lee, the richest Chinsmsn in
i Montana, was recently murdered ut German
Gulch. His murderers got about $4,000.
Boston is satisfied that an intelligent
| woman can safely be elected 10 any office where
| the salary isn't enough to buy looking glass.
Ii you are going to educate your son
TOR the life insurance business, you must instill
in his mind that modesty is not the best policy.
Most people are ignorant of the fact
| that this country possesses distinguished Rus
sisn-Mr. Tildensjo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In New Orleans military titles are so
plentiful that allusions to sthe major portion of
l. the cOmmunityn have to be made very guardedly,