National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-02
CURIOSITY SHOP.
thieves are making halls.

Entry thieves are making halls.
The tin weddings pan out best.
"A man is rich 30 long as he earns more
than he spends.
The loss by casualties on the lakes for
the year 1875 foot up d, ESQ.
How to move the Sioux into Indian
territory-First catch your Sioux.
Fat men should not skate, although
they make good impression on ice.
Never turn up your nose with cod
dsdain 1t might freeze that way.
-s'Ab. hal" said the farmer to the corn.
aOh, hoe!" said the corn to the farmer.
Doubt the piety of a man who prays
for rain and then steals your umbrella.
A loafer appears to think he owns the
city when he gets a lean on a lamp-post.
1t is a strange fact that judges on the
Supreme bench cannot choose their associates.
Death will he robbed of sum- of its
terrors when funerals are called crem ition parties
ANY young man is made better by
sisters love- The love Of another fellows sister
will do.
If q msn is in the station. house. and
not very full, he can be bailed out without much
New Haven has, just had the Oratorio
of Elijah" 1t was a chariot-y performance, We
presume.
"A dog suit in Cincinnati has already
cost thousand dollars. 1t must be considerable
of snarl.
Observation-Disclosures recent crusade,
the principal hotel in Youngstown, Ohio, is the
Tod house.
"A backslider-The man who slid along
three feet of sidewalk on his back and got up
making come remarks.
The duty of the pieb bitter is simply
mince-terial. He has discretion, and little
else than biting and digestive powers.
1t is sgonizing to see young man es-
cort your girl to the cars, carrying an umbrella
which he borrowed from you the day before.
To keep an icy sidewalk you have
only to pay up IS and costs, and there's lots of
fun watching people going past on their ears.
-Msjor Rsinwater acted as MASTER of
ceremonies at recent dance in Montgomery, Ala.
He succeeded in filling the floor with four-setts.
Our glorious Union consumes SO, 000.-
worth to evsry man, woman and child in the cOun.
try.
Mr.. Bergh should certainly have
smile of approval for the Syracuse lady who con-
sidsrabIy edministsred chl0r0f0rm to cat before
Said she, "Dear, it is just twelve years
since that Christmas eve when you washed my
face with snow and kissed my tears away" Said
he, SIS that all9"
No woman. with bucket of hot soap
suds in her hand is superior to temptation when
she detects her husband peepng through knot
hole in the garden fence.
Many do with opportunities as chill
dren do at the sesshore1hll their little hand
with sand, and then let the grains fall through
their fingers till they are gone.
The best billiardists generally display
3 good deal Of acue;men in the difticplt shots.
happen to be Phelan at the time.
"A sailor who killed another off the
Sandwich Islands pleaded guilty to murder in
the second degree. Murder in the twenty fifth
degree would have been more accurate.
Missouri has developed some wonder
full spiders. One of them spun web the other
day which, being twisted into o thread, was found
to be as strong, II not stronger than silk
Country brass band leaders haye a
hard time getting their members together at this
time Of the year according to our rural exchanges
"Girl on the BRAIN" is the cause ascribed.
Three little girls went to woods in
New Jersey last week to gather fagots, with
which they started q fire. They fagof to be care
full, and ali of them were severely burned.
The poet Whittier is an old bachelor,
a awe YEAR. i His sBarefoot Boy" and MAUD Muller"
the man.
Credit one to the family cat. He lives
at Carver, Mass, his name is Asa, and the other
day in quest of MICE he ysnked out Of an obscure
Noble Asai
"A California woman has eaten thirty
guais in as many days: But it wasn't q fair test
would have died twice over rather than let him
win the money.
Whenever a man who has been ar
rested for being "tight" calls at New Orleans
pressed they call 1t "A Suppressed Tighten" and
publish 1t anyhow.
The Scriptural words, I'VE can
not serve God and Mammon," do not seem to
Je jersey " who offciates on week days as bank
runner in New York city.
"A Frenchman is about opening an
'Hymeneal Academy in Covington, KY, in
service. with all the proper sobs, signs and hys-
terics In three easy lessons.
-Spilkins wants to know whether the
Propaganda that iourishes in Rome to-day is
isied in the Eternal City, and saved it by their
cacklng, several thousand years ago.
Tt is rather gratifying to the ex-
privates of the late war to find most of their
nuts by the pint drawing three cent glasses of
lager. 1t shows that virtue is its own reward,
and peace has proper situation for each and
every one.
"A married woman in Maquoketa, Iowa,
the mother Of a large family, has brought suit
for a seduction, alleged to have occurred twenty
years ago, the fruit Of which is daughter now
also married and has children, and has consider
able property.
The Rev. d. W. Tilden. the pastor of
Baptist Church in Augusta, Me-, is much be-
little fve-year- old boy, who is an enthusiastic
Republican and great friend of the clergyman,
atSer and mehes and bless MI Tden I5rd
you know which one mean"
"A remarkable case of a political suicide
in real life took place on Tuesday the 4th Of De-
Wso Sad hesn an Active and vebemept sapnorter
of Mr. Tilden, became partly insane over the long
delay in obtaining returns from the Southern
vfr.x Do Io nfyir fptn
of the occupation of the State House at Columbis,
himself
An invoice of silk-worm eggs arrived
cases, valued at s2,oOO,OOO They reached San
Francisco from Japan on December II. The eggs
were packed very carefully in the steerage deck
amidships, the warmest spot on the vessel.
bamboo partition surrounded them, and o current
of air played over them. The eggs were immedI-
ately shipped by rail to New York, and are to be
England.
DIR. Schleimann continues to make
new discoveries. In the tomb recently opened at
enormous breastplate Of gold. He also found the
body Of man, wonderfully preserved, especially
the face. The head was round, the eyes large
and the mouth contained thirty-two fine teeth.
There is, however, difficulty about preserving
the remains. Many other valuable relics have
been exhumed, but, so far, no traces Of anything
in iron or glass
The Sclavonic Committee at St. Peters
burg has published an almanac which contains
some very Interesting statistics of the Sclayonic
populations From these statistics It appears
that the Sclavonic family is divided as follows
]. The Great Russians, Little Russians, White
Russians Galcians, &C, 900 coo; 2 The Poles, dis
tributed over Russia sAustria and Prussia, $780,,
9O0; The Czechs, 5000 900; 4. The Siberian Ser
vans, Styrians, Corinthians and the Serbo-
Greats 10 700; and, lastly the Sclayic element
Of Bulgaria, more than GOO Ooo CO. The total num-
Lady Morgan called upon the poet
Rogers when he was past ninety, and fast relaps-
ing into senility. She had as a companion a
young lady to whom he had once offered marriage.
Lady Morgan asked him If he recognized her,
and he said. hesitatingy that he did, calling her
by name She then asked him If he knew the
lady she had brought with her. After an effort,
as If he were recalling some fast disappearing
train Of thought, he said slowly: /" Y es, know
her: she has come to marry me =, The Younp