National Republican., 1877-01-22
CURIOSITY SHOP.
Its days are numbered-A calendar.
New Orleans has 191 ,41s inhabitants.

The value of Kansas last years. corn crop
Is estimated at teO.too,tco.
-"IIold Fast TIL Come" was the last
hymn written by the iamented Bliss.
Strange, but true = Young ladies generally
prefer boaS that come from furrip parts.
-"Charles January" Is the timely name
bestowed upon the latest Utica fsunding.
Mrs. Bose, of Boston, will take the lcc-
urC platform. Observe the conaneripg shero como.
The question agitatinc fashionable circles
L.; 'Ic these gentlemen In Uisters wear trousersg"
s--Junior-"Thc acids formed from iodins
are idIoilc acid, and" Profc,,or-"You may be
seated"
The Vanderbilt helrs will establish an asy-
ipm for railroad men who survive sccidents and do
not strike.
Its said that a well fed farmer Is much bet
ter OF than baifstsrved lawyer, II his chances for
ONCE not SO good.
That nineteen OF the Ashtabula victims
should have remained to be buried unidentified
teens all hut incredible.
Although already twenty years in build
Ing the great Mormon temple Is not yet over twcn.
ty feet above the around.
Friends deem $4,000 TOO little for Van
dcrbiii to leave Rev. Dr. Deems. Even the Rev,
DR.. Deems II insufficient.
-Beccher and Tilton, while travelling 70.
comfy. met at a lunch counter In Utica, but the
lunch encounter was not serious.
"A Newark youth is reported 10 have come
In possession OF s0 oo, 900 by the death OF relative
In Tahiti, one of the Society Islands. ...
Up goes Brooklyn hat factory in the
flames. Really. this suspense on the PrcsidentiaI
bet question is becoming unbearablc.
A man who has "sworn OFF, never listens
| TO that sweet song, when the swallows home
| ward hy," without letting escape deep sigh.
Worse for the army than another Sitting
Bull campaign-ChasinE up moonlight distilitrs
| through the Carolina and Tennessee mountains.
The average Southern sheriff now coz
| siders II poor day for clrcuses aud mena geries
when he can't sell two or three Of tneW on at auc-
| tion. ...
What silent old world u would be II men
talked only as much as they think. A fellow would
have to carry arattle around with him to make a
| noise with.
1t is noticed that the Irish element In the
British army Is decreasing. There may come time
when Ireland will not furnish soldiers TO keep her
| seifin sutJectlon. r
\ -"Gorry, ole man." said q shivering darky,
covering over the ,gioweripg Goals on the hearth,
"what dc good ole hymns says Is fac. Desc em-
| bers' as pleasant rs May ,"
Speaking of the rapid manner in which
bad deeds are perpeuated. Mrs. Parington, called
special attention TO the fact that II required only
| two seconds to hght dnel. ..r.s ~
Captain Glazier rode horseback from Bos-
ton to Ban Francisco In one hundred and forty
days. We guess he was full OF pains ut the nnlsh,
and felt putty well tired out.
| "A curious spectacle this. While Russia
and Turkey are shaking their hsts In each others
faces, Brother Jonathan Is furnishing arms and
ammunition for both OF thtm. ..rr, .
The contemplation Of several hundred
feet OF sidewalk TO shovel OF In the winter will
strike dfsmsy TO the heart OF a who IN summer
glories In the possession Of a corner lot. t'li =.
"A little girl said to her mamma, Mamma
have you heard Of the man that got shoty'' ''No,
child; how did he get shotS' asked mamma. ',Oh. ~
said young prCcociout, "he bought EN- a
-"Down feet !" roared the manager; 'the
perfoi nance cannot 20 on while the cha ndciler |,
In danger" This was In st. Louis, and the man
ayers have 10 speak that way only too frequently,
1t used to be the boast of the Mississippi
river captains that their boats couid run anywher
where alight dew had fallen. For that matter
though, some OF our ocean steamers have been run
| ming considerably over. OF late. 30
Five hundred families OF hostile SIou,
are reported rs having gone over the border Int,
Canada. We have only TO say that Queen vi-. Il
heartily welcome to such accessions IL she will onl,
stipuist. never to let them come back.
The unmarried world has but litti,
knowledge o. how much domestic happiness 4
thrown overheard when the pipes freeze. Plumb
ers and cold weather unite to lay The axe at III,
roots Of the most romantic attachments.
-He Iurchated his sweetheart Q pair o
tsn-button gloves, and hapded them In at the doo
himself The servant girl took then. and, golug I,
the foot Oh the stairs, bawled ups ''Please, miss
'sre'sa young man as has bought you pair OF leg
gins" .... ....IH -.i .
Ulster overcoats are oil the rage in Pari
now; even ladies wear them. A gentleman asked
janlor the other day, 'Is Mons. .Thibaut at home2'
Janitor answered, ~ really can't say. ! saw Ill
ulster pass by just now, but who was in II Is NOR
than know"
1--WE are going home," said tramp VIII,
wanted to talk. "Astor, Stewart, Garner, Licl
and Vanderbilt have all dropped out OF tho bus
world within a short time, have myself a cougl
that worries me good deal after banking hours
and to-day forgot TO take nfteen cents with IN
when closed the vault" .
Scene from the Sunday school room
Teacher - SNOW, who was the oldest man mon
toned In tho scripturesp' Young scholar-'.
dunno. Who was the coveg ?" Teacher" why
Mcthuie elah; he was over nine hundred years old.
seholar-"6olly, what lot Of Centennial shows h
must have secns'' '
Scene on steamer of the - line: Pas
scrpcr-''Can you tell me, sir, how many mile
we've come from New York, and whether we'v
crossed the Gulf Stream yet. and Captain
Madam, advise you to ask the cook" Passen
gcr-''Excuse nc, sir; supposed was addressln
| that petboh.
Old Mr.. Thadwalliger, who swore of Ne,
Years eve, went home sober last night and was $
astonished when he put In his night-key and opene
the front door with perfect at the rst trial tina
he kicked himself OF the front steps and out of III
yard and chased himself couple of blocks for
burglar. lie says mans life Isn't safe on his ow
| premises these times.
The Rev. o. B. rockingham is knockin
the spots out Of the sanctty OF ZONE Of the ancer
landmarks of Boston. lie tells the people that h
church where Paul Revere's lantern was hung u
was destroyed long ago, though on the yearly ann
yersary of that ride Bosonlans hang up lanter
In the belfry of the old Salem street church II
belonged to the original steeple.
This is q Boston advertisement of 1905
much wanted-A neat, well-bnhayed female, to
kitchen work In small family at Charleston, nea
Boston. She may pray and Sing hymns, but III
over the dsh kettle; may go to meeting, but not
believe In the divinity Of Elias Smith; belong
, the whining congregation of midnight worthippcr
Inquire at the Repcrtory ONCE, near Boston.
: Coal fires have great respect for appea
ance. That Is why they burn so cheerfully and n
specially by daylight and go out In the mid watch
OF the eoldest nights, compelling the barS-leggc
head Of the family TO attack stray boxes with du
hatchet and keen adjtctiyes, and leaving the bal
to wrcstle with castor oil and the Group. Men ~
Q nrss much alike about going out nights and b.