The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-15
VARIETIES.

eleven.
Chicago has twelve female notaries-
public.
Strange behavior-A vessel thug.
ging" the coast.
Hoop earrings have come round
once more.
"A scarlet runner-As stout lady max
ing for car.
"A one-armed man does everything
in an otf-hand way.
kissing the bride in church has
gone out of fashion.
Silks with stripes an inch wide are
cropping out again.
-" Can marine animals TALK" Ger
tainly; seal skin.
The Cuban revolution has cost
Spain 5000, 100000.
Plush cuffs and collars are seen on
some of the feminine cloaks.
"A young man shouldn't stroke his
mustache when it's down.
-Perfumed wooden toothpicks are
the latest point of civilization.
-Valenciennes cuffs in beautiful de-
signs are worn on dress occasions.
"A born phrenologist-The boy who
is always at the head of his class.
-" That Girl of Nine may be fol
lowed by ''Some Other Fellow"
Rings of milk white agate are i'm
ported among Chinese novelties.
He who runs against time has an
antagonist not liable to casualties.
The age that young ladies are al
ways willing to confess-Marri-ag
The hard times don't make rascals:
they only bring them to the surface.
Three thousand American girls are
now making cigars in New York city.
The gent of the period still fire.
quents society in patent-leather pumps.
One San Francisco leper says he
got the disease by smoking Chinese CT
CARS.
-"Tryon B. jolly is the rather
cheerful cognomen of Canadian
drover.
In Milwaukee they call ladies'
afternoon party ga coffee" What a
MOcha-ry.
The soft air of Florida is said to
agree with the hard constitution of
John Morrissey.
The first animals that came out of
the ark were Il pair of calves. They
were on Noah's legs.
High heels and dainty feet give a
jaunty air, and provide the chiropodist
with plenty of occupation.
1t is said that the age of supersti-
ton is passed, but there are yet many
women who wouldn' have dress cut
on Friday for the world
"A handkerchief Irritation is very
simple thing, 1t only requires two
fools and two handkerchiefs.
The JeUish Times wants to know
whether Jewesses will be excluded from
the Stewart women's hotel.
"A Mr.. Balloon recently killed a
bear in the streets of Arcadia, Ark. He
did it with a parachutting irons.
1t is astonishing how soon a man
acknowledges his mistake when he puts
the lighted end of cigar in his mouth
"A host, desiring to show his guest
into the children'S nursery, rendered
him an invitation to visit the bawl-
room.
When a widow is married again
she may dress as she likes, but she
must not wear veil and orange bios
SONS.
"A new publication, according to the
Washington Capital, is "Evarts on
Evarts-in 992 volumes and three SEN
fences"
An invention has been recently pat
ented called rotary squeezer. They
are likely to become very popular with
the girls.
-" Constant Reader wants to know
if his poem was declined ''because it
was too long, No, it was because it
was too thin.
Some newspaper philosopher, dis
cussing the ungrateful youth of the
period, declares that it is the cowhide
of the fathers that is needed.
Nice Little Girl: ooh, do let me
see you drinkr' Capt. Grogson: "Why,
my dear?" Nice Little Girl: because
ma says you drink like fish,
&c Five-dollar mems overcoats" are
advertised in Washington. We didn't
know that the price of men in Washing
ton had fallen as low as five dollars.
There is an old German proverb to
the effect that a great war leaves the
country with three "rmies-an army of
cripples, an army Of mourners, and an
army of thieves.
-Swallow-tailed basques with Frank
lin vests are among the latest novelties.
For fear it may be misunderstood, it is
necessary to add, for ladies'"
When you buy your winter snow
shovel be careful to select one that will
match the color of your wife's dress, or
she may object to using tin legiti-
mate way.
"A man who has been an inveterate
smoker for twenty years has suddenly
and permanently given up the practice.
He knocked the ashes off his pipe into a
key of blasting powder
Fifteen banks and eighteen insur-
ance companies in Chicago have gone
to ruin within few years. Nearly all
of these were swindles, yet not one of
the officers has been punished.
When two American gentlemen,
with heavy gold fob-chains, meet in
Switzerland, almost the first question