National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-09
CRISP COMMENT.

"My dear, have you read what Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps has written about silence as q.
weapon 2 I" mo, hubby; i am not interested
in military matters" -[Chicago Nows.I
you last New SearsY "o6. Yes, fatheEF a'i
put IL in the bottom Of my trunk to be sure,
that II wouldn't get away."-tohlengo News.l
"Did you get any New Years presents
gave me very valuable one. . what was it2'
why she went away yesterday morning.
tChicngo News
"You are growing fat" said West Lynner
70 his grocer. ,'How much do YOU wolghT'
"oh, that depends on business. Some days ]
weigh ton, and some daysI don'tweigh much
OF anything.-lL Iteml
NJ. Grevy, the reelected president of France,
has but very little hair on the top Of his head
The wonder is that q president OF that excita--
BILE country can serve out his term with any
left on him at all.-lChicago Journal
There are 1890 private dwellings in Boston,.
and only two are assessed Mt over 100000.
There are IS hotels and IT'S family hotels. Only
five persons, firms, or corporations pay over
$4,000 each In taxes, while Isl pay $1,000 and
upward
smythkins is very supersttlons. He asked
what day the first OF the year would fall on this
We'll with Sigh Of relief Il don't &c care SAs So
long as II don't come on the 18th. --[Pittsburg
Commercial.
western exchange says "Pyramid lake, in
Nevada, has fallen eight feet and Mud lake
has risen twenty feet In the last year" And
yet people have the effontery to claim that
Nevada Is devoid of excitement and growing.
dull aud uninteresting.-lPuck.
THAT'S strange" muttered Mr.. DobbIn, as
he lRtd away hisnewspnper. whats Stranger
she busted the chair under him. why the.
mikado of Japan never wears a garment that
has been washed" "The nasty heathenr'-
lChicago Newsl.
lilo CanrOa Eliot ,1oo. ,,ot ,oa,a
any criticisms of his poems" says the ROches--
ter Democrat. Thisis true so far as IL relates
70 George Eliot. y is several years since George
Eliot stopped reading Criticisms of his Tor herb
poems" or about the time she died,we think
tBufulo Express.
A New York man with rermilion nose was
tofmentirg q lady about her age. 'Just look
Mo mus me- Of %s aSn oos
| With look OF trinmpli, "of your eanteens'S
His nose was quickly put out Of int,-[Shoe.
and Leather Reponer.lW 3 ~ Il ASA.
Dancing Master 10 prospective pnpill-oh,
among them three bank cashiers. Prospective
| Pupn-Have you any new dances? Dancing
Master-tluantities OF them; the most popular,
baltimore Herald.]
Every mnn should interest himself in some,
side issue or hobby to relieve his mind OF tho
| constant pressure of business. the man who
| knows nothing but business morning noon,
os iibnIv IL Ioy,d IN a ,uodbonsn fIsinot,di,att
T a. Sasotto iA''u'ouso'- loiho'nh"'A
ooinineioi"i ""Te''eI
| Tho contractor who ia roundIv mid Inv f,oo,.
county 10 snnniv iis cbarito'e IL HMM wiz
| beef md Who responns To lie n3etic name !" oi
/ Rihper Ia nccnsed nj naininS az S,nrfhIaSs
! ni5s hoads for meat nnder NJ controc, la
| Bipperis own bend Inc drained into The bosjtss
at once.-lChicago Journall
| Al ope NJ tho scbools In tbis oIty vastarda,,
| the master in n General exercise Wrote tbss.
! word ,idozenO ON fhe bIacEhnerd ana oslsad
he nuniIs no osch write |" seDtenca com
! the word lie was somewhat taken ahaek he
| fnd on one ofthe naners the foIiowing nnInnS.
ssntence ~ DOZEN Know NV lesson 'noTNiws
! burypoft Herald / '
no., n,a,,sn,, a. Oar, Amount, ,:o,,,,, Of o,o,,,
ho bos no, yst S sro Souh OF 1oq.
aito very small physically. He has been pay
ing considerable attention to voting lady ana
finally he proposed: "Mlss Mary, love You"
he said, sinking down on his knees 'YOT
had better speak with your pa and see If he
will give his consent" was the cutting reply
Texas Sllings,l
Ono nort NJ tbe nrooro,,,,,, nj ,to ~, a.,
nontompim v VI aS PnnSicd ~ aue LIZ
Kill aIter no ocrohat hoi ILL., 70 ,,sns
ard yet,red is nat ~, n H @
The tiebisoheg' SNo X r6niind Rnlio,s Nina
.he n tna iiobt ON Tho Iaoea i,o :, Roiln