The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-19


a-fiXin' up, For if | may make bold,
amt a-goin' to wait here long, A-sittin'
in the cold.
If you see a shotgun lying in a
wagon just step to the tail of the latter
and jerk the former through the gro
ceries by Selling hold of the muzzle.
There is no other way in which you can
learn so suddenly the principle of fire
arms.
Robert Lincoln, the late Presidents
son, refused the Office of Third Assist
ant Secretary of State three times, and
now Secretary Evarts has decided to
discontinue the office, it being entirely
useless and costing the Government
$500 per annum.
To all letters soliciting his subscrip-
ton to anything, Lord Chancellor Erik
sine had a regular form of reply, viz:
''Sir, feel much honored by your APP
plication to me, and l beg to sub
scribe"-here the reader had to turn
over the leaf" myself your very obel
dent servant"
The newest styles in dresses are
made with hollow pocket, through
which the train may be drawn, thus en-
abling the lady to carry her train in her
pocket, much to the relief of the gen
tlemen. But how would fellow look
with the bottom of his pants tucked in
his coat-tail pockets?-NeeOarh call.
If the vile compound known as oil
of lemon, which enters so largely into
the composition of candies as flavor
ing ingredient, is the dangerous eX-
plosive some people now declare it to
be, there is call for the exercise of
great caution on the part of parents
who allow their children to eat freely
of candy.
"A brilliant Boston preacher has
discovered that the cause of the tramp
nuisance is that women have absorbed
the available places behind the counter,
in the shop, and at the factory. But is
it not something of libel on the free,
untrammeled tramp to mention him in
connection with these vulgar haunts of
toll?
"A St. Louis girl shook out her
stocking Christmas morning, and was
bitterly disappointed at discovering no
presents. On a closer examination,
however, she was made happy by find
ing a splendid upright piano, which, as
too-ond nf tba s+aoI,inn hay ~ frst
eSoanad har Saoroh T5;oa ,,,',' pS',,o,.
ip.N..l Nv go ''0JS0 'f,0'
lotto f', cry f hey has p 5ecelveu
terS 800 wb;nb ro orS .TM Md W;Stn io
Last quarter sint The Whole amount
that | Made During the quarter.
hid Not Kaono onno1tbino. for Nv cole
H., nj IiI7:il ~ NJ
~ lloP0 1h'tu YOU SH w III law NJ
obgectonS to Me ray his lime and
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And ~ az ao, wv 80 DU' a,,d 1o+o
Gnn,o tbosa h ,,;u, :, %,,H i',o
Seeking more.
Freely, as 6od gives to you
Trust Him HIN 'f fer P He shall rostoro
All YOU rive to them, and more:
Never close to them the door,
10 the poor
Medical records show that within
the past eleven years thirteen students
OF harvard College have dropped dead
IRON ron near ulSease, superlnuuce1 by
FlolcnI Pnyslcai eAelclse: especially III
ooa'lhS an INV eetlS'tloil IilaI Is also
9oing On WIN u view 70 a., ascertain til !he
NUMBER Vi s ;! Vi tilaI institution
eilaC , naEe oteu IRON praiii ulsease mas
~'''N 90 r'tl U, ",'1 T,'a ''i''o'-
3n g y up ,'0ii- -I'Sm
.C me loilowing cilallehge, headed
MA, uale ouIuolie' mas peen put lor'h by
MARY June
SlKn rs. an example OF PUCK sS ana ndo endurance
thirds of he money taken At The d dndrs SW 70
wear corsets measuring only fifteen inches in
the waist, night and day, for three months,
without loosen M the lace: ot course ! shall
of all to show the public the utility iii o Of NV ner
Torrance, and secondly, the intensity of nv
anguish. Yours obediently, MARY JANE,
-Harper'S Bazar.
N fnw JovS a~o ON his oum $50 onn