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® Statements, Candid in its Conclusions, and Just in its Yiews. ”
“Oar Ambition is to make a Yeracions Work, Reliable in its
YOL. I.
A system of tactics worked out by;
General Ferrier is to bo tried in the 1
French army.
' M. De Lesseps persists in the promise
that the Panama Canal will be finished
in two years,
A society of people favorable to Cana
diau independence is being formed in
Toronto, Ontario.
A French electrician says he will soon
he able to produce a thunder-storm
whenever demanded and in the district
desired, and the cost won’t exceed $,5.
The London and Norlhwestern Rail
way has decided, “in deference to the
prejudices of its American customers,”
to institute the system of checking .bag
gage. _______________
The Government ornithologist al
Washington estimates that the surplus
in the United States Treasury would not
suffice to pay the present bounty for ex
terminating the English sparrows in
New York State.
One does not attribute much filial
sentiment to the red men, says the Inde
pendent. But Roan Dog, the big medi
cine man of the Sioux, finding his
mother dead the other day, sent a bullet
through his heart.
The Chicago Journal o, Comment
slates that three newsboys of that city,
guilty of no misdemeanor, were arrested
last week at their request and sent to the
T?, irb .well ‘ Their ' reason for wishing ’ to
stated the police . justice, .
go there, as to
was that they wanted to learn a trade.
This year is the bi centenary of Alex
ander Pope’s birth. The eminent Eng
lish poet was born on Alay, ‘22, 108b'.
Mr. Labouchere, of London Truth, occu
pies Pope’s villa at Twickenham and has
thrown the house open to the public iu
honor of the author of the “Essay ou
Alan.”,
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When the President of France is
elected it is for seven years^ II^. receives
as salary a Ale hail#*
"
- . c ai*nse 3 Lores
office,
beside the honor which will attach to his
name if he has been a wise magistrate,
he will be a rich man.
The expression “dark horse,” now in
such general political use, first occuvi ed
in Lord Beaconiield’s “Young Duke.”
Here is the paragraph: “The first favor
Ite whs never heard of, the second favorite
was never seen after the distan e post,
all the ten-to-ones were in the rear, and a
dark horse which had never been
thought of rushed past the gru.nd st..u<l
in sweeping triumph.”
One of the ship’s chronometers'at the
EE. Er
the Polaris, which was crushed and sunk
by two icebergs off Littleton Island, in
1873, and was put in a cairn on the main
land by the Buddington party, There
remained until 1870, when it was found
by the British ship Discovery and
to London, and later returned to the
United States.
The Italian Government lias devised
r*“ ing the number b “ * of clue s. *««“■“«*-1 Lucl ng in
Italy is allowed under certain conditions,
and it is supposed that many duels arc
due due to to the the fear feai;ol of t&ose those challenged tn. i ■ ■ that
■if they do not fight they will be Heated
las cowards. In future any Italian who'
calls a countryman a coward because the
latter ia«ei v. will iu not not fisrht Dgnt will w.i be made to pay i
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an extremely heavy line.
A visitor from Alanchester,England, is
astonisnea astonished -t <*t the tne hich ng average 0 main
tamed in every social circle m the
United States. He is reported to say:
“The working classes—in whom I am
most most interested_are interesteu a morally ■ mentally ;
and materially m advance of the similai
classes in any European country. Pliyst
cal comfort is the primary desire of the
artisan- ’ but he cannot live anywhere Vnitcd
else so comfortably in the Lmtecl
States.”
A St. Louis physician says: ‘The
quinine habit is gaining strength every
dav Dizziness, i Lzine , mat you -> hear innum
erable people comp.a nmg of in the , e
days, can be traced to the excessive use
of quinine. The good effects, that it is
nearly always certain of, are lost by ex
• will
cessivc - doses. rr Too mu..a „• q-mu •
also produce congestion of the ear and
vibration of the auditory nerves. The
growing b habit of taking quinine 1 fort
neuralgia and other Iko complaints, n'ninitt
without consu ting a physic an, is alto
gether reprehensible and m y lead to
very serious remits. Many cases of deaf
ness are nroduced by overdoses and
long continued use of the drug.”
GRAY, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1888.
PLOWING OUT THE CORN.
The dew is dried from off the freshened
leaves;
The birds have finished all tlieir morning
song,
And, busy with their callow nestlinsrs’ needs,
With tireless wings flit through the bright
hours long.
The cattle in the fields have ceased to graze,
And stand, knee deep, amid tho cooling
stream,
Chewing their cuds with drowsy, half-shut
eyes,
Whisking at flies that in the sunlight
gleam,
While patiently and slow, this blithe Juue
mom,
Along the furrowed rows John plows the
corn.
The sheep have left the htll-side’s sultry slope,
And, peaceful lying ’neath the elm tree’s
Seem dreaming of a fairer landscape where
“Green pastures” and the “still waters”
glide.
The daisies lightly nod their snoivy heads,
Field lilies scarcely ring tbeir scarlet bells,
The tide of ripening grain, with shimmering
light,
Like that of the great ocean heaves and
swells.
With secret thought, half fear, half hope
new-born,
Along tho furrowed rows John plows the
corn.
Wild heavy-laden sweets the toilsome bee
t Lon hit -flying i home ward i seeks # i. his weary way,
Hummng his air of satisfaction o er
Of rich stores gathered for a wintry day.
Ihe gay-winged butterflies that all the morn
Have been coquetting with tho flowers fair,
intoxicated with the nectars sipped,
Fly zigzag through the quivering, heated
air.
While many a bright-hued insect sounds his
Loru '
Along the furrowed rows John plows the
corn.
The fragrance of the field and woodland
bloora3
Blend with the odors of the fresh-turned
loam;
The weird-like whispers of the rustling
leaves
Speak to his heart of happier days to come;
But dreams of mortals, though however fair,
s “ h " e
to! ™.„, Polly B1 y„n c™. down the
r, Dawning • like Ellen ri , s vision .. ou hisi .. sight!
“vyv.^ jjfljiy. slow;;: (Ne’er wa= lovelier
1 must not end this furrow ere she pass!”
el y towoca the ,o». toto,
casts,
And tries to frame some well-set speech to
gether,
The while bewildering words all coursing
toward
Prosaic comments on the “crops” and
“weather.”
Does see him- Yes—if the love-lifc glow
On her fair face the secret may betray!
.. Whoa> Billy! Whoa! » And patient horse
and plow
Stand idly in the half-turned furrow now.
j g tj lerc a n artist who can paint a scene
Equal to that of Love’s first rosy dawn?
Lives there tho poet who can tell the bliss,
The rapture of two spirits wholly one?
Bu( . told what Jo h n so awkward
, ■ plll . asedi
| Nor, in reply, what pretty Polly sard;
But honest Billy wondered why forlorn,
He waited long amid tne half-plowed corn.
-Mrs. A. Park, m the Housewife.
ADOPTED CHILD. |
BY KATE A. BBADLEY.
She’s ,„eh . little .Meg, Simpson
and g0 thin and serawney!”
he’ll grow, mem.”
“And her eyes are so lhat: big and—child, hu
idon,t stare at me liKe -' is ver y
| dlrty> bimpsou.”
“bhe’li wash, mem.”
“Well, take her away and do the best
lyou cau with her. I’m afraid she won’t
turn out to be as pretty as 1 thought she
would wheu 1 looked at her in the
Home. One can never tell about that
kind of children.”
Airs. Lee turned away with a sigh as
the housekeeper left the room.
“I don't know but I shall be sorry I
took her .. she thought, “if my own
little Elsie had only been spared to me
what a beautiful, good this little 1” child she
would have been by time
Two long yeats of sorrow had
thatcJ . ue , d;l y when the newnur.se
ma j d hurst into the room where sat the
startled mother, crying: “She’s gone!
I’ve lost her!” and ending with a burst of
of hysterical tears. Oh, what hours
va ; n and agonizedsesHch followed! The
intle hnhv daimhter. left alone in her
carriage “ lor a moment while the careless
maid ntered a store t o ask the price of
gome coveted article, had disappeared, whereabouts
nor could one clue to her
be discovered from that time.
Gradllally the belief that their darling
ha d in some way met an early death be
came fi xe d in the minds of the parents,
and they finally ceased to regard her as
lost and mourned for her as one dead.
Another year passed and then fell the
second overwhelming blow of the death
of her husband, and after a year of lone
i ines decided s, being comparatively adont wealthy, Mrs.
Lee*““Xf T to into her home some
instead of the
dau ,> nter who wou i d have been a com
” declining
£ort to j lC1 . years.
“.-he’s come, mother,” she said, asthe
door opened and an elderly lady entered
> Hie room. “I don't believe she will be
pretty after ail—and I! do so dislike
homely children of that class. Her eyes
are lier too large—out of all smjall.” proportion—and
nose is as much too
“My dear,” said her metier, smiling,
“when you were her age you were nearly
all eyes, and you had scarcity any nose
at all to speak of. I w;s sometimes
afraid you would never he preventable.”
She smiled with motherly pride at the
fair face opposite her.
“And, my dear,” she continued, more
gravely, “remember you hare adopted
her now for your own, am. have, per
haps, in the hands. making or marritif be of her patient life
your X ou must
with lier and allow for the etlfercnee in
blood.”
At this moment Mts. Simpton catered,
holding ladies the child by the land. Both
uttered an exclamaion. The
rosy face fre-h from the ba.h the stray
ing locks caught with a blucffbbon and
twined into golden curls, aid the uni
form of the Home exchanged or a dainty
dress of white, made the chid almost
unrecognisable, She crossed slippec her hand
from Simpson’s and the room
with a little, stately tread. Is oo my
mamma.” she asked withswee shyness,
looking up at Mrs. Lee from mder her
long lashes. “S’all me love o?”
“No. no, child!” exclaimed Mrs. Lee,
ing drawing back disappointed involuntarily ;;hen, see- the
the hurt, lok on
little one’s face, she added: “ will love
you, yes, if you’re a good chile but you
must not call me ‘mamma, call me
said, excitedly, .} « m ’ t answering hel P U ’ th look of
disappioval, gi “ hr Elsie’s
can t
place-nor Elsie’s name, as 'Maid' ou sug
ges t e d. We can call her after
you, if you like. You know re were
S orry we had not named ‘El#? after
you,” During she added, apologetically the child l,d
this speech been
looking where piteously from one to th ether.
“Den is my mamma?” sheasked.
“Come here, dear,” said theplderly
Iftdy. “Be a good little girl id you
will find a mamma, sometime. And
she gathered the little waif closen her
motherly arms.
| “Den me wait,” murmured tl little
one, and in a few minutes was faSftsleep
in her new home.
Whatever am I to do vp her,
P. f thlngs 1 detestn uu
, ft -vo\|c . too with Mfe 4
would have done bette;:. - uyo ^hmk
I $liaufcri 'never be able thouglle to Yale your
brother of that habit, is now
a deacon in the church and ie of the
most pious men I know.”
pin of mine, and when I as# , her for
ft she denied all knowledge; and it with
the utmost impudence, tl l|d. I found
it shut close in her little One
can’t teach a child honor ai honesty
when they have common bloo in their
veins. I believe thoroughly heredi
^ v,rt ,ie and lhR refinement an un
broken line , of noble ancesti” Mrs.
Lee raises her head proudly, nscious
of that same noble line of aneejrs for
herself.
A ou can t help a plum tree , , (earing .
plums, mother; neither can you lp the
natural vices of the lower clast from
appearing m one of their own, Urover
much of an exception she may bu the
matter of looks,” she finished.
Her mother smiled,then lookedrave.
ras £
said- “In fact, your great grandher
was a notorious-swindler my :ar
{S’christia^life for maliyyJ. is
fore he died. Because a man ble
Jn name he •„ not necessarily nob in
nature as we)1 There are lords in bffs
and louts in palaces. Remembe^e
child’s constant associations, months-, my *r,
and do not expect three
possibly, even three years, to she enty hai.
eradicate the training in vice
"t&TSSL.,- glee ho, reluctan »no(
trial,” replied the danghter
“though I had almost made up my m
to send her back and let her take
chances with the rest. If she gives
any proof—that is, that she will
in time.”
Little feet fumbled pattered the door.
little hands at
“Ale’s turn,” she announced,
on the threshold. With the
intuition of childhood, she Icentec
danger of some chair. kind, and retrjfited
Mrs. Taunton’s Albel j
“Tell grandma what makes
a naughty girl?” said the latt/, /
her tenderly in her arms. protes/d
“Alabel dood, now,” the
tie one, nestling her cheek on/ rs de - Taun- black
ton's catch hand. her “Mabel an’ make fordet,/; her/l ’tones.”
man aviation
This last with an evident of
her own imaginative effort /
“Augusta, how cried can yo/steel tj/elder lady, your
heart against her?”
gathering the little, satis# mite close
and kiss ng the top of herfrly head.
“I don’t, mother,” ansyed love .Mrs. her Lee,
with tears in her eyes. ‘ too
will well, tell,’ 1 am sometimes know, afr atfoo j- But much ‘blood in
you be toMI her l
dulgence will sure am
afraid the responsibill will be too
much lor me, and that Bust send her
back The in child the end. tlipped>wn ” [ from her
place and stood befor^s. Lee with
folded hands. notfN® , said
“Alabel be dood grave
ly. “Mabel love ’oo^’t send Mabel ;
’way!" Her lip quivj sai^*- ominously. Lee, ,
“Poor child ” moved |
against her will, “ftlabel f shall stay
if .he will be good, ladies left the
The next afternoon
house to nav a prf f * yisit, leaving
Mabel seated on the, y engaged
with anew picture d • ig jfnno ,
for company.
“Es, Mabel be dood,” she said in re
Pl “WhatisyomoSi not]'.iu'Jista?”
asked her mother as they walked along.
“ dust what it always was. mother,”
replied Mrs. Lee, smiling. “There can
not but be a difference between a child
with the noble blood of generations in
lier veins, and one with the inheritance
of the ignoble traits of as many genera
tions. Now, Elsie would have had as
great a horror of decit and dishonesty as
I have myself.” Mrs. Lee sighed deeply,
“But you must admit that there are
exceptions, Augusta ”
mother, “Exceptions that prove the rule. No,
it would take some stronger ai»
gument than you can produce, I am
afraid, to make me change my opinion.”
It was dark when they reached home.
An excited servant met them at the door.
“The doctor said it must bo kept quiet,”
she whispered
“Whatis it-what has happened?”
cried both ladies in a breath.
At this moment the doctor made hi.
appeaiance. die,
“Willshe Doctor?” asked Air-.
Lee, clutching at the vailing for support.
“No, madam, no,” said the Doctor.
“She ia not at all hurt—only frightened
a little. It seems you had told her not
to leave tho room, and after the lamp
was lighted the dogran against the table
and tipped it over. It didn’t break the
lamp, but the flame caught the muslin
drapery and when the servant returned,
alter a short absence, she found the
child standing in the middle of the floor
crying for ‘Auntie,’ while the dog had
fled down stairs. She will be all right
by to-morrow.”
Mrs. Lee d d not hear this last assu
rance, being already half way up the
stairs. Airs. Taunton was not far behind
her.
“Auntie,” cried the little one, as Mrs.
Lee entered the room, “tan’t Mabel have
her ownty mamma now? Mabel was
dood—B’uno was bad doggie. Please,
aunty,” Mrs. she pleaded, held out her “My
Lee arms.
darling,” she said, “I will be your
mamma, your ‘oivnty’ mamma. Say
‘mamma,’ darling,” she cried, the tears
running down her cheeks.
“My ownty mamma? Mabel so happy
—Mabel so s'eepy.” lier The blue eyes
closed and they left sleeping with a
sm p c 0 n her lips. them
The servant met in the hall.
t0 ‘.S“ a S m i°S» STS
SfMMKS ■%&£&&&
Mrs. Lee followed her down stairs.
“What can I do for you, my good
woman?” sheasked,
“Yer can’t do nothin’ fer me,” said
the woman, roughly, “but I kin do fer
you. Thar’s some elus what belongs
ter ye. They’re cried ver young tin’s.”
“Mamma!” a little voice. “Me
’ants my new mamma. Oh!”
A child’s scream of terror. “Bad
wolnau >»’ send ’way, mamma! Mabel
tfraiil She hid her face in Mrs. Lee's
dress
“Wha—what do you mean?” cried
she ,I breathlessly.
£ mean> mum> tliet I stole er’ an’
then guv’er away. ’Ere’s’er things she
hed Thct > s what I mean, mum
she’s yer own. Good day, mum.”
The hardened woman closed the door
so ftly ber behind her, thought wiping of ashamed tear
f rom eye at the picture
she had left in the hall behind her; the
figure of a sobbing woman kneeling oil
the cold stones, and clasping close to
her thankful breast a little wondering
child.
“What do you think of your theory,
now, Augusta?” heard asked Airs. Taunton,
when she had the whole story.
“I—I think I haven’t any, mother,”
she said, laughing through happy tears.
—Detroit Free Press.
A Russian Prison Kitchen.
_ r , to the , kitchen, where
We went prison
the dinner was being got ready for the
convicts, says a Russian correspondent
of the Pall Mall Gazette. The smell of
ready to be served and the reservoir of
soup was piping hot. I tasted both,
Ruckweat is an acquired taste, but the
soup wooden was capital. each It is served out in
bowls, containing a portion
for live, who sit round the bowl with
spoons, found helping themselves. In
bakery we the great loaves of
bread al! hot Horn the oven. In ap
rye bread is like a dull gmger
but in taste it has an acidity not
to the unaccustomed palate. The
all eat it when at large and the
bread is quite as good as that you
in private houses. I asked about
dietary and scale. I was assured by Mr.
the Governor that no re-,
triction ood is placed upon the amount had of j
prisoners bread may consume. they They
smuch as eared to eat at
ireakfast, at dinner and at supper. As!
rule the daily consumption of bread
j d not extend two pounds per man.!
i here was no skilly. Quass, a kind of
tn beer, was supplied lhem. and this 1
aura without limit as to the quantity..
< the soup eat;a man could have as 1
mch as he pieased; also burkweat. The’
oiy article which was weighed out was
nut. Every man received a quarter of
a ound of meat a day They do not
m;and wegh their leaving prisoners jail. in Russia Thatisaprac- on enter
on
tis. which they might introduce
adun'age. cruhing Theie is no argument cruelty so
to the assailants of the
of pmon treatment as the evidence of
avordupois—the statistic of increase of
wei/ht which has accompanied the al*
theydo legel privation arid torture. And neither as
do tiey not weigh their prisoners neither do
they photograph impressions them: of their thumbs,
take
as lsione in some French prisons,
Jt j, sa j d to be English to never wash
but to roll them disappears.^ carefully
a towel until “the grit
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
^ed Currant Jelly,
Tt . such improvement to currant
18 an
^'y . , to have little red raspberry
a juice
with it, says a writer in the Cra.m.
Carrier, that I want to speak of it. so
toat those who are intending to make it
Wl11 S ive d a tnal - heru need not be
I l lai, i r raspberries used-a pint will flavor
three or four times as many currants,
Man >’ advls '-' 119 make J«Hy before the
currants perfectly ripe, , but I have
are
alwa y a succeeded best when every berry
wns rl P e - iM y method is to take a pound
of su ? ar t ? 0!lch P iat “ f ^\ ce - and as
n neighed, .
so( ’ n us 11 13 place and the sugai h,;rt in
a lat P an ln th ? « v .°“ let '}
wl “! e the juice , . is boiling Ihe principal
- l,0llm h oul<i don before adding the
8 thls s , . will .’c « lighter-colored
“B" ^liy than ? when the insure boils long
sugar m
it. I have had it jell as soon as the
sugar was added, but I generally have to
\ l a llttle ,V'‘ ul ? a ter putting it m.
It is always well to test jell v by taking
up a Utile first, and I never depend upon
its thickening much after it is put into
the glasses. Exposure to the sun for a
day or two before sealing experience up is this often
resorted to, but in my is
rarely necessary. Papers covering jellies
that have stood some time often becoin:
hard und difficult to remove. Poiu
boiling water on them, and immediately
drain it off, and you will find the impel
is loosened at, once.
1
To Make Tougli Steak Tender.
impossible the .
When it is to preserve
beefsteak iti edible condition until it be
comes tender by natural means, pro eed
as follows, allowing carrying as long a time as is
convenient for out the method.
Let the steak be eut at least an inch
thick, because it will be more juicy and
full-favored than if cut, thin, while it
will be possible to cook it as well-done,
if the proper care is exercised.. Trim oil
all the fat that is not likely to be eaten
with the steak, and have it used to make
drippings while it is still good. I sc a
platter large enough to permit the steak
to vinegar lay perfectly fiat, the pour bottom, upon and it enough
to cover at least
four tablespoonfuls three-pound of absolutely but sweet do
salad oil fora steak;
not salt it. (The application of sail to
the cut surface of uncooked meat has u
tendency to draw flavor out and its juices, thus
depriving it of nutriment.)
If the steak is to be used for dinner,
put it iu the and juil and vinegar early in the
morning, ■ turn Jt
hour, KWt’ping it in a cool place, pro
tected from flies. If it is intended
for break last, put it in the dish so pre
pared about supper-time and allow it to
remain untouched until bed-time; then
turn it and let it stand until morning.
The action of the vinegar upon the meat
will tend to soften and relax the libers,
thus making tlie meat tender, while the
oil will prevent (lie surface from becom
ing dry and hard. No other fat can so
well accomplish hard this result, cold; because does all
others are when the oil
not impart any flavor to the meat, and it
The does steak increase is be its cooked nutritive either properties. by broil
to
ing or frying, according to the writer’s
methods, without attempting to remove
from it any of the oil or vinegar that ad
heres to it; neither will impart, any un
pleasant flavor to the meat; in fact, it
will be The improved in every way by their
use. —
Corn fleeinos.
Corn should be fresh in order to be
good, says Mrs. Parker, in tho Courier
Journal,and should be cooked as quickly
as possible after being gathered, as it
heats and loses much of its flavor. When
ready to cook the husks should be re
moved, as well as every thread of s'lk.
Then the ears should be put in a kettle
of boiling water and boiled as rapidly as
possible. Custard—Cut from the
Corn corn cob,
mix it with milk to thin, two eggs, pep
per and salt. Bake half an hour.
Stewed Corn—Scald jnst enough to
harden, slice off the ear, add sweet milk,
butter and salt. Let simmer ten min
utes. Pour in half a teacup of cream, in
which beat an egg and a tablespoonful
of sugar.
Corn Drops—Pour a pint of boiling cool,
water on a pint of corn meal, let
beat in an egsr and a tabkspooful of
butter, thin with sweet milk. Cut corn
from three ears of corn, mix in, and fry
in hot lard.
dozen Corn Pudding—Grate the corn from a
ears, season with salt, pepper and
a little sugar, and the yolks of four
eggs, two ounces of butter, and a quart
of new milk. Bake in a moderate oven,
Wheu done beat the whites of the eggs,
pour over the top, and brown.
Succotash-Have the corn from half a
dozen ears, fresh from the cob; shell a
pint of and youug beans, cover with add
water boil twenty minutes; tho
corn with half a pint of milk, a lable
spoonful of butter, salt, and pepper. Stew
five minutes over the fire and serve.
Corn Oysters—Alix into a pint of
grated corn three flour, tabiespoonsful tablespoonful of milk,
one teaciiplnl of a of
butter, one egg, with a little salt and
pepper. Drop it by the spoonful into a
little hot butter, and fry it on I oth sides,
fserve very hot, on a well heated dish.
Corn Boiled in the Husks- -Remove
tlie ,, green outside . ■, , husks, , , leaving the ,
cob well covered with the inner light
husks. Throw into a kettle of boiling
water and boil rapidly ten minutes.
When from done, the take end up, drain, pull the
silks ot the cob and serve
in the husks.
Corn Fritters—Score a dozen ears of
corn down the center of each row of
grains, then with the back of the knife
press out the pulp, leaving the hull on
the cob. To this pulp add half a pint
of milk, the yolks of two eggs, a little
i-alt, pepper, and a teacup of flour. Beat
the whites of the eggs stiff, and stir
them with a teaspoonful of baking
powder into the fritter. Fry in Wt
lard, dropping in a spoonful at a time,
NO. 44.
1 A KISS FOR YOU AND ME.
Tfce years are speeding by, my love,
I' The years are speeding by,
And marks of age, they say, are there,
To mar t^e face to me so fair;
Let others see it, but not I
Will ever find it so, my love,
Will ever find it so.
The years are going fast, my love,
The years are going fast,
And many griefs have been thy lot
To make thee seem what thou art not;
Still doar to me, while life shall last.
Will be thy own sweet self, ray love,
Will be thy own sweet self.
And though we twain should go, my love,
And though vve twain should go
Along life's path still many years,
Or flower strewn or bathed in tears,
’Twill ever be, we both do know,
A kiss for you and me, my love,
A kiss for you and rao.
—New Orleans Picaifnne.
PITH AND POINT.
Fun flows from the vein of humor.
Something uncanny—Over-ripe fruit.
The widow is the person who looks
out for number two.
Just now the favorite tune with the
girls at the seaside is Neptune.
Engineers and baseball pitchers have
got to be acquainted with all the curves.
The liabilities of a dead failure must
generally amount up to a pretty stiff fig
ure.
Championship eating matches ought to
bo for largo steaks .—Itoehenter Post. Ex
press. and
The difference between a striker a
kicker is that the former quits some
times .—Vannville Briet?.
Iced coffee is said to be gaining ground It,
as a beverage .—Nashville American.
was settled long ago that coffee needs no
more grounds.—A go York World.
On the Atlantic,
Maiden Aesthetic.
“ Ohlhow romantic!”
Action—emetic.
--Ocean.
He had lent his , stylographic “Oh,, doespit pen to
direct an envelope. Site:
it write beautifully? I declare 1 am m
love with this pen.” He • ■ • 1 Mil in love
with the holder.” -New *1 arii Netts. » .
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\ 'Ito baby-rob* npnti ttuftnWr,
lucks up it's tiny feet,
—aiftiny ft.
“I look nice and cool, and the nectar I give
Refreshes the multitude these torrid days:
But 1 find tho life fact is, lizzie,” although soda I help fount others to live,
a the says.
—Poston Budget,
Mr. Edison, the famous inventor, is
said to be immensely pleased with his
new baby. JJo is now at work on att
ingenious electric apparatus which will
carry a baby’s squad noiselessly off and
drop it a mile or two from the house.—
Chicago Herald.
When Bclva takes her pretty place
To rule this mighty nation,
The cow will fly with ease and grace,
The mule have whiskers on his face,
Tho hog start conversation.
—Nebraska Journal.
It was on a Central Hudson train
bound north, and he had been delivering
a and learned financial disquisition outlook upon to the,political in
“My.friend,” a passenger
the seat ahead. ho con
cluded, ‘ what is your then opinion the of whistle gov
ernment bonds ?” Just
sounded for Sing Sing, and his friend
replied; “I don’t think much of ’em,”
displaying a pair of handcuffed wrists;
“but I’ll have to say good-by, sir; this
is my station .”—New York Nun.
The Money King of Central America.
Don Mariano is one of the richest men
of Central America. Ills money has
been hoarded for years, loaned ou good
security at ■’> per cent per month, SH
per cent a year. He has “corned” corn,
the principal food of the poor, and in
each operation heaven seems to have
aided him by failure of crops. Several
times in his life he has been “hit" very
hard. A certain President of his country
was in need of $300,000 and applied to
Don Mariano. Don Alariano knew very
well lie vould never see a dollar of it
again, and pleaded extreme poverty,
The President made the application a
second time, Don Mariano again re
fused the loan, but lie was summoned to
the palace, sent to the Penitentiary,and,
with one side of liis head and face
shaved, was made to work in the streets
as a member of the chain gang, much
to the joy of his many debtors. He bore
U P bravely under this treatment for
nearl y two months, when lie turned over
to the President the sum required. I his
liu le experience proved of great value
on a subsequent occasion,
Hie death of another (’resident
eacb onl - of his Cabinet ministers was
anxious to succeed—but any successor
hud to have the army on his side. The
Vice-President went to Don Mariano for
$150,000. It was delivered in ten
minutes, the army was paid, the Vice
President succeeded and the former
Cabinet was banished.
Don Alariano is described as a man not
more than 00 years of age, but he ap
p Dars to be past his 100th year. His
spare form, covered with a black, thread
bare coat, out of tte top of which comes
a High collar his which has hair, never the seen a
] aundr ess, white dark
j ea t), er skin of his face and his palsied
hands make up an ideal conception of a
misar. —New York Times.
A Stroke of Luck.
Landlady (of fashionable boarding,
house, to applicant^—“Have you chil
dren, Madam?”
Applicant—“No; I had a little boy,
but be died la 3 t summer.”
Landlady—"You are very fortunate,
lor we never fake children.”— Life.