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•lance itself, and tor tbutf?)
I)e well to iloHoribo
of the tUy preceding
of the sefcloq. ThVJioys
in tho day, and ir
the dispensers ol
went smoothlJvenoi
middle Of thi
ing man orri
old heads expected
he appeared, for thi
humorona mood, And 1
ol fun. The trnvelin,
tavern and did not sL
until about 5 o’clock,
walking down theatre _
lint. Gold chills rnn up
the ancient citizens,- and the tSvtnA
keeper, with a view to auve tho mafi’r
life, atnrted after him to give liit%TOi
word, but lieforc he could overtakVthi
stranger eight or ten of the boya lAd
Been uifa and were following him uogtnd.
ly down the street in single file. Affho
mnn with tho silk hat mny have ncfkvd
the procession, but it is probable that
he had no idea of its significance. He
Btopped in a little store for a few min*
utos, and while he tarried there the
crowd on tho outside increased. When
lie emerged once more#* hoys fell into
line behind him againin sjnglo file and
resumed their-march; gathering recruits
at almost evenp.'fctep, until finally there
were twenty ot thirty of tho gang in tho
nrooeasion, By thia time the stmugcr
Began to understand that somethhiiMras
the matter either with him or with, the
town, and ho darted into a little jewelry
store, pretending that lie wanted to set
hia watch. The boys came to a halt on
the sidewalk and faoed the store. The
jeweler, whoso Btock consisted princi
pally of revolvers and other shooting
irons, looked inquisitivoly at his oalier
and then ut tho throng in front. Think
ing it a good opportunity to say somc-
thing, the traveling man observed:
“You have a nice town hero, but can
you tell me why these men are following
me around?”
"I can,” said tho storekeeper laconi
cally; “they're after that hat.”
“What hat?”
That plug. They don’t nllow ’em
here, sir. Never been here baforo ?”
“Never,” gasped the man.
“Well, now, look here,” said tho jew
eler. “Tho buys are a little full of fun
to-day, and they might make tilings un
comfortable for you. I’ll just escort
you up to tlie hotel and introduce you
to some of them os my friend. Then
you put that'hat away and don’t weihTiL .cal peon!
anymore.” A closer exf
lhankmg tho jeweler, the stranger farity in the t
walked out arm-in-arm with him, the with thbso of
boys falling in behind and following
them to tho hotel. On entering the
barroom the jeweler called ono of tho
boys to one side and said: “This is Mr.
j 11 friend of mine from the Stales.”
lho “boy seized him by the hand witli
a grip that brought tears to liis eves,
and said • r
“I’ll take turpentine.”
Others crowded up and wero bi%n-
encli onjrfgpiling a sickly sorpnf
aciilo, but lookTnjfniiforgivingly at the
hut. Ail agreed that they would have
to have something, and quietly urged
♦he stranger toward tho liar; on which
the innkeeper had placed the bottle and
glasses the minute the first speaker had
“nominated his medicine.” When once
they were arranged in front of tb*» bar
with glasses in baud, the hat suddi'uly
slipped from the head of its wearer, as-,
sisted by n cowboy in the rear, and in
less timo than it takes to tell it, a ring
was formed uronnd the offouding'articie
and a score of revolvers were blazing
away at it. Tho terrified traveler
stepped to one side with liis new found
friend, and was met witli tho comfort
ing remark:
“It’s a mighty good thing for yon that
you got onto me, for in ten minutes
more those chaps would have been firing
at that hat on your head. They wouldn't
have taken the trouble to knock it off.
They would have shot it off, and yon
would havo been lucky if you had es
caped with a whole skull, for some of
tho boys are wild in their shooting.”
While the boys wero stili holding high
carnival over tbeir drinks and the lint a
hard-looking customer, whom few in the
crowd appeared to know, came in, and,
elbowing his way up to the bar, seized
the bottle and took a iong pull from its
nozzle, disdaining to use a glass. One
of the boys made a profane remark to
the effect that tlie newcomer was a hog
from Hogsville and teetotnlly unfit to
associate with gentlemen. Quicker than
a flash tUc man known as Babe Wil
liams, had his self-cocking revolver
raised and ready for business.
“Take that back !” lie roared to the
cowlaiy who had insulted him.
“Never!” said tho latter with an
Call*
rbof finished the _
■ isms Usd turned quickly "oft!
ginary tow in the rear, and with'
nient lik£ /lightning the cowboy
•hod his revolver fn hand and waa flrin|
lead into Williams iir'tv wajf that seetoi
Oh, the mow, tho be»
Filling tho iky mill lhi;\oA-i
Owr Uia hO'wcto|in, of^r"
Ofor th^keadt of tho pc
Pricing,
h. Moling, f,
Mifani
nomtifalfaiiwl.uym do nothing'wrong.
Flying to kln.ttillr lady’s cheek; *
Cliaging to lIppW • frolicsome freilk.
hoiutitul mow, from the heavens above,
M an tfjgcl, and fickle aa love.
siZ&eSfi&L 1^ ■>
llaliflSathiir and lnugli a%hoy go,
about In Its maddening fmi, ('
lays in ll« giro With everyone, 1
Uhiilng, V 1
Laughing, "" ••
- , Hurrying by;*
wlighhtp tliefaco amt it sparkles the eye;
And eveu the dog? with a. barkand a bound,
ng Hrmp at the Owyatals that eddy nrootnh.
ipcr kijn t« alive and ttS heart in a glow ■
wasteful to tray the least, for the To wolcomo the ootaiug of bcauMftilonww.
I shot pierced ’lifts brain and muet
ldUfe-hilied him instantly. No idea '*
tlw mpidity with which this wi
can be given in any more narral
the fnCV It waidmio and over with'
a flash, an,d as theboys ^nged themselves
more, ib
loiters
rav
in evttiatand-
Id a Treasury
era bn tho other is
off in the long rnn, n... u „
offend connected with the detection of
crane in degradation ot the coin and
icntrentMyin, a rent ter. "Sometimes
\me is afiealT the’(h* other. ”
“How i it just I**”
i’Well, the orooWirtoen wiU have to
imstlo around pretty lively to get ahead
of this,” replied tho dotective, snowing
avsntnple bond of a Western railroad.
To the ordiiiury-observOTJt wan remark-
ablo for a subdued netmrk of lines in •
hogative tint __ ■**. ;
ink and
customary, but a
of ‘sandwiching’
ink between
lounting the
ich a manner as
all attempts at oouu ;
tion or forgery,” ex-
t.
portant improvements,” he
oontiiifled, “have recently been made in
the engraving and printing of steel
plate securities by Mr. Homer Lee, and
the most competent experts here admit
that a decided advance has been mado
in doviBing menus that prevent counter
feiting, not only bv the old methods ns
practiced by Brookway and SmitjiaJgit
also the now dangers developed
cent discoveries in pkotograpbi
render bonds nud other securities heri
tofore considered absolutely side greatly
exposed.” '
ftciw tho wild croyd goes swayl
IMliog oath other with h
How the gsy «linlKO»Itko ■ ___
I for a moment, thou lost
nmgta J X
Swinging, v
^ Daaliii
Overtii.orcBt of tho beautiful hi
Snow io puro w^c<n it falla froi
T To bo trampled j* mud by tho
hyi * FT T-ata
•To bo tromplcd »nd tracked by the thonaand e 11 3r._
of foot
Till italic nils with the hordU^lth in the
etreot.
Onco I Wes pure M Ihn mow-hut t foil;
Fell like the enowDukcs — from lioavcn to
holt;
Fell, to lie tnmpoil ss tho filth of the etreot;
Foil, to ho acolTcil, to ho spit on, anil boat.
Flooding,
Cursing,
Dreading to die,
Selling my boii! to whoever would bny,
Dealing In sliaino for a morsel of broad,
Hating the living and roaring tho dead.
Merciful God I havo I fallen so low?
And yot 1 was onoe like tills beautiful enow I
Ogee I wie fair as the,b4hnif(il snow,
an oye like its 'Crystals, a heart like its
“Now be qttiuk, Mary, and oome
right tack; you know what will oome if
spoken $u no vhry plepe-
■ ant ♦f'ue 'ell upon my Mg as I passed
th oUj-.l 1 ' "xi,e hall to my .study. They
•were on Pressed by Betsy, the maid, to a
sprightly but not very thoughful oliiid
of sev'd summers, whom-she-VtaS send*
ing’' 0 x ' tnesaage to a tsflm-houHusomo
qi'w«e» . r’a mile distant.*-Hfary set opt
at toe, and taking s seat s moment
afto. hear a window which owflntiked
the road, my oys» eanght th* form of the
aliildi bounding' away on hoi 1 errand,
Therti is hardly anjMning in Uio world
liko tbo feeling with which a‘ father re
gards a bright, affdd^pnate daughter. 1
doubt whether the much and justly
t ’liogised love of n mother, strong as it
just sg,ah u feeling. Prompted by
ion of wlint I had just
dim reiqemhraMfe Of
iwn ohildish experiences, or
itb combined, I determined
movemefits of tho little
'or the first few moments
the charge whiohsho had
id to give energy to the
aud alio skipped along
to obey to tho letter,
lie door of a neighbor
^ lcr She
IMS’ into tho yard, and it
ifimlfcR before she reap-
'.‘■In
vignette* or ot!
lo'veiUpr’
eorripKy*
posed person
fri m vyhldh t<
obtain due evi
is this accomplished?”
•first jdaco, ub proofs of ady
larts have been al-
ic possession of tho
ting any evil dis-
obtaining a copy
Ic. It is impnsBililo to
qiurcbosiiig a finished
its nou-pbotogruphi-
whose much-nliuse
fill imitation.
“But will tho skill of tho counterfeit
ers not find means to Hurmonnt these
difficulties?” asked tho reporter.
“Who can tell ? It is just like tho al
ternate invention of improved means of
attack nnd defense in gunnery. No
soonor is n gun mado that will penetrate
any armor then in use thnn the thick
ness of the plnting is increased to Uio
te-xturo so modified ns to turn aside tho
most massive missile fired from the big
gest gun. The same thing is going on
in regard to bank safes. Just now tho
time locks an^%fie alternation of hard
and sot^* plates on the walls of vaults
dofy tlte wrecker, nnd tlie only danger
of tho hank is from inside thieves,”
“Then’itt present flonesty is a little
abend in the contest?*
“Just a little. But some of the
-fmutest men in the country uro actively
at work.to beat down ali these safe
guards, and no ono can tell wlmt tho
science and skill brought to bear on this
subject will not finally accomplish.”—
Waahinyton Star.
OnoeTwas loved for my innocent graco—
Klatlorod and sought for tho charm of my
faco,
Fatkor, .
Mother,
Misters all,
God, nnd myself, I havo lost by my fall,
I’lio veriest wretch that goes shivering by
Will take a wldo sweep lest I wander too
nigh ;
For of nil that Is on or about mo, 1 know
There is nothing that's puro hut tho beautiful
snow.
How strango it should be that this beautiful
snow
Bhould fall on a sinner witli nnwliero to go I
jow strnnge it would he, when the night ooiucb
-. again,
-If the snow and tho ico struck my deipcrato
brain!
* Fainting,
Freezing,
Dying alone.
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for my
moan
heard in tho crash of tho crazy town,
md In Us joy of tho snow coming
die In my terrible woo,
bed nml a shroud of the licautiful
Butj
soma
pause*, ft
was son* mil
He Left No Effects.
Uncle Abe was fond of ’posnm. Hav
ing caught one, he got liis wife, Dinah,
to cook it for him and requested that it
should be placed iu lho cupboard until
morning. Tho favor was granted and
Uncle Abe lay down before a log fire
and went to'sleep. His sou Mose, com-
irjK^n late; got the ’possum and ate it,
luid.tlie bones down at Uncle Abe's head,
smeared the old man's face and hands
witli greiulBnnd went to bed. Tlie fol-
lowing^noming Uncle AUe awoke and
askeiUDinah:
“Wliar’s dat 'possum ?”
“Iu de cupboard,” w hich she explored
and found it missing.
llelurning, Dinah inquired:
“Abe, when did you eat dat ’poesum ?
Dgv’s do bones at your head, yer face
smells of ’possum and yer hail's are
greasy.”
“Maybe I did eat dat 'possum, but if I
did it did me less good dan any 'possum
I eyeiet."
Novel Use or Greenbacks.
“Wlint bocomes of nil tlie greenbacks
and bank-notes at tor they have served
their few years of usefulness?” is u
frequent query. A bank note has its
life just the same as tftl other things
useful. Wlmt an interesting story tho
travels of a greenback from the moment
it leaves tlie press until it returns to tho
macerating mucliiuo would make 1 Tlie
averago life of a bank-note is about
three years, perhaps a littlo longer.
After serving its purpose as currency it
is metamorphosed into rabbits, birds
and oilier figures. Tho process of tho
destruction ol tho notes iE an interesting
one.
Tho reader will often seo in tlie daily
papers a paragraph something liko this :
“National bank notes received for re
demption to-day, $500,000.” Tbo next
day those noles are earned to the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing aud
placed iu a machine containing immense
knives, wliioh chop the notes into frag
ments. The operation is conducted
under the supervision of three officers
of tlie Treasury Department, especially
detailed for this business. No one is
allowed to lie present at this daily
maceration of the note* except tlie offi
cials and tho men who tun the machine.
They are compelled to remain in the
room until each sorjerato note is de
stroyed. They must account in detail
afterward to tho Redemption Bureau for
each note; and should one become lost or
mislaid, aud afterward find its way into
circulation, the result, would bo tho im
mediate discharge of the throe gentle
men who doily have in tbeir custody
from $500,000 to $2,000,000 or 33,000,"-
000 of notes and bonds. The shreds are
reduced lo pulp*, sod then by a patented
process this nja-s is moulded into figures
of birds and iminntls and sold as nm-
montocs to visitors. Oftentimes it will
happen that one little object will lie
composed of wlmt once wns $100,000,000
worth of money.—Hartford, (/lobe.
A r.rciTiK girl tins solved the botanical
problem why flowers nre armed with
pistils. Il is to slioot. off tluir perfume
with,
poar*d. At all evMits it was soon pretty
clear that Mary bad quite forgotten the
impressive injunction of tho-house
keeper. “All, child t” thought 1, as I
turned' from the window, “thou art a
ty|>o of myself, thou art a true reggesen-
tutive of thy kind—
“Weak and irresolute Is man,
Tlie purpose of to-ilay,
Woven with pains into Ids plan,
To-morrow semis away,”
It blight have been an hour or more
later when ^be door of my room was
Somewhat suddenly opened, and Betsy
appeared, leading tho little culprit.
“MaxgJMi very find girl,” slio said, in
wn exciWmone. “I sent her to Mrs.
K.’s to got some things for her sick
mother, and she has been gone these two
buils^- and lost her liasket besides.”
fio saying she drew tho roluotnutchild
into the room and went away.
This .introduction to me, then, was ono
of tho afore- threatened consequences of
disobedience.
“Mary,” said I, “what docB tills
mean ?”
Mary raised lier'eyes fimidly to mine/
lint said nothing. Her countenance
wore an expression of mingled shame,
grief and perplexity.
“Oome here, my child,” I continued,
“nnd tell mo why you have been so
naughty,”
“I don’t know,’’ she said, after oon-
sidcrahie hesitation; “but Betsy is so
cross to mo,” and she burst into a pas
sion of tenrs.
This wns evading the point, nnd I was
about to say with Homo severity, "But,
child, you do know, and you'must tell
me,” when the thought occurred to me
that there was more truth iu her answer
than 1 was willing to give her credit for.
A little exercise of kindness aud tact
on my part drew from her the history of
her little expedition.
She had been sent away feeling tliatit
was quite a relief to lie out of sight of
her harsh mentor, with no explanation
of tlie necessity of “being quick” ex
cept n tlirent; nnd consequently no real
respect for the authority which sent her.
She hod stopped to play with the eiiil-
dren in tlie yard from native love to so
ciety. She had lingered to watch tlie
birds and listen to ilicir songs beenuse
slio loved, them nud was curious to seo
their moreruepts. When coming hack
she had set down her basket to pick
some pretty flowers, aud then forgotten
it. I saw how it was and received a
lesson.
Mary perceived clearly enough the
general idea that she iiad done wrong,
but could not see wliero tlie wrong fay^
or how, or why she hud done it. " Hho
bad never been taught that it was Wrong
to play or to love tlie birds anil the flow
ers; but, on tlie contrary, she lmd
learned to think that these things were
all right. Her error was I bat she had
l uken the wrong time to indulge in these
innocent recreations. On this point she
hurl received little or no instruction. No
wonder she could not tell why Bbe had
been “so naughty.” The fault was
partly iu her instructors; and it was the
consciousness of something of this kind
which made her look so perplexed, nnd
led her to say “I don’t know," This
“I don’t know," so often taken as an
evidence of sullenncss on tlie part of
children, lias more of truth and reason
in it than many parents and teaohersare
aware of. Too often we deal with the
child just as if he knew as much and
could reason as well us ourselves.
Be just to the children. He gentlo
with the children.
Roots says ho Cannot understand why
fiis wife is always so particular iu seiecl-
ing a residence where she can have a
“southern exposure.” He. says that
during tlie war lie was down about VickH-
burg, and ho got enough Southern ex
posure in one doso to Jast him all his
“The surest way to take cold," said a
distinguished physician, is to “Img tho
stove." Young men who go courting on
Sunday nights should remember tins
and not spend ail their time hugging lire
stove. —Philadetphia (fail.
TteaaHi Call** bta aa Itipfa DU-
eaarar ta liatri) Sf Coaaclencc.
Mr. Hooflhe? took the Whole of Romans,
xlv., for his text; on Stlndav. He spoke
for moro than nu hour, awl said in the
eourso of tho 'sermon: •
’ “Don't oppress a man beoanse hia ig
norance does not keep paoo with ,your
intelligence.”
• ‘“It Amsntliinksfii his conscience it
is a religious duty to wash his hands
every tiniA .fie sits, down to a meal, he Is
squandering his callsoience An an ox-
termll object that is of no more conse
quence than is a buckle.or a strap on a
liorsen”
“Yott atq not to meddle with other
men’s conseiesaoes.” 4
“Have jrotj[ own way, jpbn that keep
Styidny and you thntt don't; only, what
ever you do. h'f it pot bo with careless
ness dr indifference; look into it; oome
to n decision Slid then stand by it.”
"Tho tendency of. tho Gospel to pro-
dueo manhood as- opposed to childhood
in one of the tilings that has not been
brought out. Thu tendency of the old
religions has been to govern men, not to
teaoli man to govern himself.”
“Ill the family and in tho Ohnrch
there are two ways of governing.' One
is to teach tho children to govern them
selves, and then you save them; the
other is to do all the governing yourself,
aud then you Ioho them.”
“It is said that ministers' children nre
the devil's grundohildren, I don’t be
lieve it.”
“There is a good ileal of oonsolenca
whipped in through the skill.”
“Make men think and give thorn lib
erty to think; milko men choose aud give
thorn liberty to choose."
“Men don’t liko to think. It is work,
and nobody likes woi a. Professor
Stuart says that lnziuoas is two-thirds
total depravity. I will throw in tho
other third."
“The symbolization of the oross has
ceased to inspire any idea of suffering.
Wlint idea hns she of suffering upon
whoso bosom rises and falls a diamond
oross.”
“In Pnul's days man's liberty could
have been symbolized hy a fly in a
spider's web. They had liberty to buzz
a littlo while nnd that wns thoendof it.”
- “Iu our day which is tlie right church?
I know which it is. I shan't toll you
except in this way—that it Is the elmreii
tiint makes folks live most nunrly right.”
"How to ndupt statements so that
they shall meet tlie top nud tho bottom
and tho middle men in society is ono of
tho groatuHt puzzles in pruoching the
Gospel.”
“Don't mnko your conscience the law
of otlior men's eouHoiuuees. I think tho
next greatest evil to not hnvingn con
science is to have one. A man without
a conscience is like a jelly fish on all
moral questions— not even erustaceous.
And yet seo how men curry their con
sciences. That which is right to them
they think is right to everybody elso.”
“Homo men keep a whole statilo full
of consoionceH for livery; they let them
out to other men.”
"In all your plonsuros and in all yotir
liberties vou are not to go tramping liko
an elephant through a chicken yard
crushing everything that ooines under
your ponderous feet. Your knowledge
niui your liberty are not to work destruc
tion to others.’*
"I have a right to drivo ray horso, if
I have ono to drive—which, unfor
tunately, I haven't now—at ten miles an
hour along the driveway; but if I meet
a little miss iu her curricle, nnd my
horse frightens hers and he runs away,
I am not a gentleman, to say nothing of
a Ohristjun, if I drive in that way.”
"Hands oil', ministers I Hands off,
churches! Hands off, sectarians!
Hands off, everybody, when annul lias
got to manhood, and him made up liis
mind fully how to livo iu Christ Jesus.”
0n B^ r R e8t
°c'mW Hilliard :
And attention giroa to *11
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' The Kilkenny t’nt Story.
The story has been so long current
that it lias become a proverb, “As quar
relsome as the Kilkenny cuts,” two of
tlie eats iu which city arc assorted to
havo fought ho long and furiously that
naught was found of them but two tails
Tho correct version of this saying is :
During the rebellion which occurred
in Ireland in 17!)H, Kilkenny was gar
risoned by a regiment of Hessian soldiers,
whose custom it was to tie together in
one of tbeir barrack rooms two cats by
their respective tuilH, and ttien throw
them face to face across ft lino generally
used for drying clothes. The cats
naturally became infuriated, and
scratched each other in tho abdomen
until death ensued to one or both of
them. Tlie officers were made acquainted
with tlie barbarous acts of cruelty and
resolved to put an end to them.
For this purpose au officer was
ordered to inspect each barrack-room
daily and report its state. Tlie soldiers,
determined not to lose tlie daily torture
of Die cats, generally employed one of
their comrades to watcli the approach of
tlie officer. On one occasion he neglected
his duty, aud tlie officer was hoard as
cending the stairs while tho cats were
undergoing their customary torture.
One of the troopers seized a sword from
tho arm-rack, and with a single blow
divided the tails of tlie cats. The cats
escaped through the open windows of
the room, which was entered instantly
afterward by the officer, who inquired
wlmt was tlie cause of tho bleeding eats’
tails being suspended on tlie line, nud
was told in reply tlmt “two cats had
been fighting in tlie room ; that it was
found impossible to separute them, anil
Ihoy fought so desperately that they
had devoured each other, with tho ex
ception of their two tails,”
“•SOCK 07—
im
Havana •
to
“Thar
taking aO II til
After il * it /'j
ever, thi
his lip
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“SOM.
“Two
inal pro;
liis own
“-fhte, OKOCBBM* kttf
five.”—. 1 the heel uargnUfe
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Vf a are hue jaLw wj
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nothing »nVo ciu fikxw gU
oa natUD
"Indo-Wo coll ftt h*T(tp*Q
towld m<
“Blast
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fur, and Jb ^ ^
aU ‘ at ajr Hl,0t C **^*' 7
iCan
otjTTiNG a vamumox,
“Father, I see by the papers that Mr,
Gould talks of outting a watermelon,”
“Yes, njy son.”
“Is it a big melon ?"
“Rather large."
“And very ripo ?”
“Well, pretty ripe.”
“Aud it is good of him, isn’t it?”
"Very good—just like Mr. Gould.”
"When lie outs it will he give all the
boys a slieo ?”
“Not oxnctly, my son—not for Joseph!
He will simply cut the melon in two.”
“And then ?"
“And walk off with s half wider each
arm to devour the meat by himaelf, and
pluut tho seeds to fool the boys another
time I"— Wall Street Newt.
IN SCHOOL.
Teaclior—“Define eternity.'’
Pupil—“Please, ma’m, 1’vo forgotten
wlmt tho word means.”
Teaober—"Eternity meant ‘endless
time.’ Do you understand that?”
Pupil—“Please, ma’m, I don’t.”
Teacher—“I am not surprised; it is *
poor definition, unyliow. If yon wem
never to die you would live on through
eternity. If workmen should begin to
build something and put on one stone
a year rind never, never get done, that
struatnre would be an eternity in build
ing and would never be finished. Now
see if you enn give me a definition of
your own. What is eternity ?”
Pupil—“The Bartholdi pedestal.”
a lmioHT BOY.
“Yes,” continued Featherly, who was
spending nu evening at his girl’s home,
I have labored under the impres
sion —”
“There, ma, do you hear that?” asked
Bobby, the pride of tlie household.
“Bobby, yon mustn’t interrupt peo
ple when they are talking; it is very
Hide,” said his mother. “Did I hear
what ?”
“What Mr. Featherly said about
laboring under an impression, or some
thing like that.”
“Yes; hut what of it?”
“Why, don’t you remember what yon
-aid at the supper-table to-night, that
Mr. Featherly was too lazy to work?”
BQrELOBED,
In the Lime-Kiln Club, Nelson Blsbe
arose aud offered the following reaolu-
tion:
“Resolved, Dat do bes’ wishes ot dis
Lime-Kiln Club am hereby extended to
de False Prophet of Egypt.”
Cranberry Johnson supported the
resolution, while Juniper Smith was
seen to move back into tho fifth row, as
if lie expected the splinters to fly.
“Brudder Slabs, who writ dat resolu
tion ?’’ inquired the President in a voice
full of knot-holes.
“I—I reckon it was a man on de mn’-
ket, sah.”
“What do you know ’bout de False
Prophet?”
“N—nufliu’, sah. Hain’t de resolu
tion all right?”
“Nelson BIiiVib, you sot down wid all
your might! You am fined $600 fur
makin’ a fool o’ yourself, an’ you may
feel thankful dat you lias escaped hav
in’ yer head sand-paiiered ! As fur you,
Brudder Johnson, you am fined $150 fur
playin' second fiddle."—Detroit Free
Press,