National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-01-16
ECLECTIC ETcHINGs.


Entering the asylum for inebriates, he asked
| "DO you treat drunkards- here 2" ''Yes, sir .
| Ntus.
"There IS no lode In the Tin Cup mine" says
| western exchange. That explains the reason
why the stock doesn't go Philadelphia
Call
| More people die In one year from triehinIass
| than In twenty years from hydrOphobia YET
the owners Of hogs pay no tax, buy no muzzles
and have no hogs shot down.-.ARleaakeeS elltt
| mel.
The forfeit list in England has lust been pub.
lisbed and the only defauter in the Two Thou.
sand GuineaS is Mr. Walton the former
plnnger, He is also defaulter in thest. Leger.
| The Hour
A Louisville preacher, who has no late night
work away fom home, calls for tax OF 500
| on pistols. a better scheme wonid be to raise
the price OF whisky to 500 drink.--Louispilie
CGtirter'JomrldL
| A small schoolboy says that he isnot going to
learn any more geography lessons untiithe
would be changed by future explorations, and
he's going to wait-BoSton JoarRdl
With Jay Gould OF for a winter vacation the
mice In Wall street viii think they can have a
play spell; too. Hut they had better be wary,
The Gould species of cat knows how to catch
mice by telegraph. -Boston Herald.
When word wns brought to motherthat her
son Henry had been killed out west, she said :
~ don't believe H. for Just got q letter from
about 1t. ~ Merchant Traveller.
In a New York bank Texas visitor-"I
reckon, stranger you do right smart busl-
nessT Banker promptly my dear sir, you
have no idea how extended our business rola-
ttons are. At the present time we have three
cashiers In Canada"-NGiO orleans Times.
Democrat,
What q queer lot those Ohio Democrats |
They have lust finished hanging Mr.. Senator
Payne n eihgy 9t Canton labelling the enigy,
did not receive any OF the oil when II was
passed around two years ago. Philadelphia
II(ss.
"How old are your" asked justice OF the
peace OF Jim, Webster who was under arrest
dGrky. 'When were you b0rnl" "What Gm
de use Of my tellin' you bout my builday; you
amt gwine TO make me no butl1ay present.
Ahd CmVOTNid
The grip used on the Brooklyn bridge cable
road is by no means satisfactory, aud CON.
mittee has been appointed to examine and
test new grips, They evidently expect big
cfep OF Inventions, iorthey hayo hired an office
ON Bfondwhy for six months expressly to meet
engineers and inventors. - Philadelphia Ledger.
Last Saturday was tho forty.fiilh anniversary
Of the connection OF Mr., William Purcell with
the newspaper of which he is tho oditor--the
Rochester tnfOn, lie began as carrier boy,
tive TO every carrier boy who reads these lines
to keep good lookout for his editors empty
shoes.-BaDdl0 Express,
GR"I understand that young Munnybagge is in
trouble again" "loW so2 Hes gone and
married another .ballet girl. This Is the
seventh in five years, and II cost his father a
cold ten thousand TO buy the last one of. II
would pay the old gentleman 70 make a con.
tract price for him wouldn't it2' 81 don't
know about that The trouble seems to be one
ottoo many contracts now. II would pay the
old man better to kill him or send him to Utah"
-lO.Ddy
4 popular clergyman recently related the
following thrilling incident: A gentleman
shaving cut of his nose; startled at his mlshap
he let his razor fall and In falling II cut OIL his
toe. \ doctor was summoned, aud in replacing
the dlsmembered limbs he made mistake,
putting the nose on the toe and tho toe on the
nose, This transportation ~ now causing the
man much Inconvenience; when he has need
to blow his nose he Is Obliged 10 take OIL his
shoes-shOc and Lcdthcr Reporter.