National Republican., 1877-02-03

CURIOSITY SHOP.
Civil war means attack, bareback, AMI
harder taxes.
"A Danbury girl says frosty mustache is
Just like plate OF lce-cream.
1t ia remarked that an Irish stew can be
got up in all countries except Ireland.
Strauss latest operette has the gay title,
"Methuselah." " and has eC9 notes In It.
"A miserable Minnesota man named Peter
I. Green speaks OF his wife as Mrs. P.I.G q.
The only thing woman can never forgive
her husband for is giving her nothing to reproach
him with.
One thousand one hundred workingmen
are employed In New Haven making cartridges for
the Turks.
An urn full OF old coins, dating two hun.
dred years ater Christ was lately dug up In Lelccs
tershire, England.
There Is in all cities one branch OF bust.
ness where tho demand exceeds the supply NJ the
employment agencies.
1t is said that a weil.fed farmer is much
better of than halfttarvcd lawyer, II his chances
for ONCE are not SO good.
An ingenious New Yorker has invented
btll-punch for the use OF deacons and sections IN
taking up contributions.
The treasurer OF Covington, KY, recently
absconded, and now the city clerk and more of the
public funds are are missing.
Sir Arthur Guinness, OF Dublin, has re-
tired from the beer business, having brewed mil
lion guineas into his pocket.
"A Massachusetts, man of fine education
has become so addicted to rum ths the other night
he drank q quart OF pure alcohol.
"A Boston beggar has been living by pick
| ing crumbs from saloon tables and eating them.
Tne stock failing. he took poison.
-Sreaking OF re-escapes, the Buffalo Err
press says the Oldest record is the fond hus-
| band who lies abed iu the morning.
-Remorse Carefully prepared statistics
show that OF the o. 2al book agents in the United
| States, se7 committed suicite last year.
Senator Christiancy is credited with say
Ing "A young wife is like a skittish coit-there Is
| no telling when and where 1t will kick"
Mile Alboni, the opera singer, has mar
| rled Captain Reigler. OF the Republican Guard.
| she weighs i7b, and is anything but all buoy.
"A Detroit restaurant keeper hangs out .
| sigu OF "Frce chops" and when the old loafers
| come around he shows them an AK and wood-ple.
| -" Insults" says O modern philosopher,
| "sre like counterfeit money. We cannot hinder
their being offered but we are not compelled to take
| Mem.
The town of Wales, Me-, by no means re-
mote from civilization, has managed 10 ret along
for fifteen years without doctor, lawyer, ster,
or psuper.
"A novel sleighing party started from
Scranton the other day. 1t was composed OF ladies
who. in order to be eligible had to tip the beam at
| 900 pounds.
| "A French tourist, on visit to the Cen
tenniai last Summer, wrote homei ''Amsricanslive
well up to their incsme and insure their lives for
the balance"
AT New Haven, Conn, last Thursday
evening an Italian, for Ave dollars drank twenty
'schooners," or about two gallons of lager beerin
| three minutes and half.
Bessie Turner Is vainly seeking an engage
ment on the stage. The trouble with her Is that
| she has red alr. However, she might 40 for red
| are In sp' r'Hcrlar drama.
. Great distress is felt by many OF the poor
In Montreal from the want of water, ewing to the
shutting of Of the water from the houses OF those
| whs have net paid their taxes.
i The new journal, EVoltGion, indorses
Frederick the Greats treatment Of the habit of
| dueling. Officers had his permission to nght
dueIs, but the survivor was shot.
"A dilapldatsd tramp was recently In
Weighing against people who do not clean OF their
sidewalk. ~ expect every minute, " he said, 'to
| fall down snd break my watch"
| Agriculture hall, at the Centennial, Is to
| be taken apart and shipped to Spring Lake, near
Sea Girt. Out OF its wood and glass hotel, rail-
road depot ana eight cottages are to be built.
| "A servant who plumed herself upon being
employed In a genteel family was asked the dehni-
| tion OF the term. Where they have two or three
kinds Of wine and the gentlemen swear" was the
reply.
The Oregon penitentiary was recently en-
tered by some thieves while the guards on duty
| were asleep and much valuable property carried
on including the loaded guns OF the slumbsring g
| guards.
An Irishman who fed from his native
land in Isis Is now in the Turkish army under the
| title of Hassan hey. We have heard OF Italians
from Cork, but never before OF Mussuimans from
! Limerick.
The Japanese are rapidly acquiring our
| ways. Some Of their custom house officials re-
| Gently undertook to open ease OF dynamite with
| . hammer and chisel. A new building will be
| erected on the site OF the old one.
| "A suggestion which is believed to be
neither unconstitutional nor extra constitutional
that ballots for In the Southern states be here-
| after made OF boiler iron, which will stand the
| wear and tear OF successive recounts.
Surprise is the essence of wit, but some
how when aman Is climbing down ladder In an
| awfni hurry and never finds out that one OF the
rounds Is gone until he tries to step It vita both
feet, It never seems very funny to him.
| Kate Henderson, one Of the contestants In
| Apedesrian match In Lansing, Mich, was whipped
several times by her husband to compel her TO con-
tipuc walking, Atiength she Informed the spects-
| tors, and they had the husband arrested,
AT the request of the chaplain Of the Mas
sachusetts State prison, vote was recently taken
among the convcts to ascertain whether Il was de-
| sired that he should visit and talk with them, A
large majority or the prisoners voted "So."
| The Rolhchilds are said to be worth-all
OF them togeher-ihe agreeable sum OF g. 100, OOO
100. One OF them, Baron howard, has Just pur-
chased 81 suction curious pitee OF furniture Gov
cred with plates Of SeYfgs, fOI NO, 100 francs.