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About The People's advocate. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1892-1893 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1893)
THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE CKAWFORDVILLE. GA. Leading German generals predict a big war in Europe at an early day. A National literature on roads is grad¬ ually growing up in this country, and the Pittsburg Dispatch thinks the sub ject should be given a prominent place in public school education in consonance with its great imjiortanre. It is prolMtbie, predicts the San Fran cisco Chronicle, that the device for dis pensiug with the service* of telegraph operators will Le like the machine for setting type. Human ingenuity can go a long way, hut it cannot furnish brain*, and brains ar* very essential in telegra phy. According to the Courier-Journal tin great scramble for gold is now regarded in Europe a* a sign that European peace is Hoon to be broken, Gold is not nniy being locked up in the imperial 1 reasury of Russia, huf in storehouse* of other continental Governments, and the feel¬ ing of anxiety on this account is wide¬ spread. . A Presidential inauguration cost* lesf than ait ordinary Congressional funeral. The total cost of President Harrison’s inauguration wit* $25*20.50. The cost of a funeral varies from $51)00 to any¬ thing you please, according to the dis¬ tance over winch flu* Congressional mourners meander and the greed of local undertakers and livery stable keep ere. This country * is uow building first* daw war shi|.a at lower prices than tin war ships of England are now costing. Thu Boston Cultivator boast* that wt ..............*» English navy yard, turn out. l’erhup* our methods of shipbuilding have lest -i« - »"»i*«............. u far 1 cm expensively , than any In Europe, aud in the lighter taxation which the people of this country pay .» one of the cause* of our greater pros¬ perity.” _ « haries Mohr, of tho United Stater Forestry Bureau, has article in the Kngturering Magazine, which demands the all* of ion of Southern legislators. He X* TthTS M- aa,U>a fin timber rosou regs ii i wm out to auywx* i-onversant with the iaf i%tw«haye x have entered alrcadv ? upon P” an UA.lvmg vividly their points complete out tho threatenifif extinction,^ **’ ie Emit r»i—4.i«v......" (hat will follow the di*»^l H ** nu ‘' * u rr" % luit ittlhu .^...^giunmg choir . to muke , /i-.jivci i i 'h< fe* 1 - ------ P whs are inclined to takes gloomy view of pauperism and „ crime in New York/would do well, suggests the New., of that city, to glance at the of fieial reports of the niunicipaitty of I*>n <*»• TI-»» J— «»**•« J*.«r lhfll, th- J»to of tliu lut bimni.1 r« port, tho cost of maintaing tho paupers of Loudon was £2,340,000, the equiva lent of about* 11,700,000. During the »*.*.*.« tao years th. there m were It.,, ilia 74K 48 ,-rimln.l criminal convictions. While there figures show that the percentage of crime and pauper¬ ism iu London greatly exceeds that of New York, tho same report indicates a much lower percentage of attendauce ie the public schools. roccatlj prm u-.l iu tlio N«. Vovfc Tri >.aa.,w,a. tilt'd that tb. *«««». parative auatomist, Sir Richard Owen, identified as a pig’s thigh-bone an owe ' ou. specimen rent him . . for that . purpom l>¥ Lord John Russell, who afterward so it was stated—declared that tt came from what purporte»l to be a Ivor's ham presented by President Buchanan of the An.,, ,u». r,. Tri bund, ignoring the poesib.lrt, of a sub stuutron in transit, ask. “Did our ante beilum President willfully deceive Lord John, a as the eminent comparative an atouiist at fault for once, or has the Pail Mail Gazette a talented liar on its staff F ■- Within V the past two yean a numoerot r ° reef, and islands 1 m the P.citoc O Ocean, long known to manners, have disap peamt from view, leaving no evidence 1W A., uu d„. here and there the floor of the ocean . ha* subsided with unusual rapi.lity, though act with such violence as to be betraved bv the agitation of the re*. Tho fact’ i« •reply , . known that .... the*.- *iretc.„.o. ... , net , or bits of lan*l. t them rising from the depth*, an i all marked on the t baits. •M n»longer l< • ot two wai -vr plaere, have creieel arottnl in great be wildrearet, unaua to ahe *4 *j«cd of kbvu guest. MORNING OF THE DISCOVERY. Immortal Morn, all hail. That saw Columbus sail By faith alone. The skins before him bowed Back rolled the ocean proud. And every lifting cloud With glory shone I Fair .Science then was born On that celestial morn. Faith dared the va, j Triumphant o’er her foes, Then Truth immortal rose New Heavens to disclose j An 1 Earth to free! Htrons Freedom then came forth To liU-rato the earth ■ And crown the right. ) No walked fbo pilot bold j Upon the of darkness gold, hack ward rolled, ! And And there was light I? ; Sweep, sweep unless the »**as. Ye rolling jubilees. Grand chorals raise; The world adoring stands. And with uplifted hands filters from all the lands To God it* praise! Ye hosts of Faith, sing on; The victories ye have won Khali time increase, And like t o choral strain That fell on Bethlehem’s plain. Inspire the |«-rfect reign lit Gove and Pascal —II. Butter worth, in Home and Country. "COUSIN FREIIt r IIV AMV S0Dm.ni. K.pTC ^ T was a stormy twi . ^ I,, light in February. dnmry'atinosphcre^of ... \ the ! huge* 1 1do« 'SL wood- writhingthem" solve* about like giunt* In extremis, fefa. ,1 ai irwilin " * *! f **.**** ** * thirty years old, the .....-•74=^ other, scarcely sev eutccn; ami a* tiey sat nero wanning For there was something .n tho cut of their curious fur lined . raper.es the ‘Jy h.'’ which tlni imconscio.isly carried whi« h was a* forciun a. the Marseillaise itself, although there uas no accent in their voices us they ijues Honed wtether any conveyance from t**ve and Genevra Ballac. were the daughters of American parentnge, born i; , F jftncg . Orpbaeod »aBdalon. N i 'I • ii 1 •?, “ ! C « * , h b ' j been taught , , to , call n him. n | **0ojou supporeho will be goodl to «>* Genevra, the dimpled seventeen year ..Ub-i, asked, as she sat with her “*-»»»» “*“» un * ni ^ i)U | For HtUe golden v toni, . • j nm »• '.W* » 1 Gem vr.i was om o ‘" aL beams who take every heart by storm, and in icr « eep mmir ing, s i <m >i even sweeter aud mora attractive tiuiii i , ordinary wont. And dark eyed Genevieve, thirteen years older than her her sister, own had personality long ago unselfishly and identiUtd put^aside her .. ...... ..|- WOI1 j OT i.. cm. i.IJ crab,” pondered Genevra, as she drank tho tea brought to her by the landlady, * ud basked in the welcome warmth of the Waxing log*, “or s whim*icai old bachcl or> { U u of caprices. Oh, Genevieve! Don’t you dread to meet him? Genevieve smiled ‘Little one, smuI she, ‘Ion t Irot. Whatever happens, weslmll be together, But just then, the .1 landlord i ■! i came i bust* , , ,, .... „ ..... Mt ton “l, ol CmUIII, T UCU l..aT some man of about thirty, with bright brown hair clustering over a noble fore « keen black eves and features \TmUo Belvl clear -d ptrf,ct as Om Apollo UUv, .. Arc tll0St . my cous ; n s<” he said, pleasantlv. “You are welcome to Bar net, Genevieve and Genevra.” teA to ^-sny one but a wrinkled old sexagenarian, she would have taken more pains with her toilet. But Gene view rose and smilingly put her hand into the extended palm of her cou*in. It era* a long, snowy drive to Barnet Hill, but Genevra declared, joyously, ,* mma worth it all when thev were .Trawm ushered into the wVh great ^ bllrm- old fashioned • ™ ‘ ‘‘T ^ « tl a^rfajn* canne- and t whuh the foot fall made no reund ..| K . kmam f „|j Fred, «o two lttle school ' rir’is in short frock* aud j. t,o*t* ’’ »*And do v hi know ” retorted Genev „ "tha: our nund- werv fullvim gJaGemau i areal to behold a r old «,,h * »ere ^ .in’ were CQ * tW f<K , £:G(f „ Bat thev h»d wan **U iivcl su :• out! - at B the inevita *’ ** I Mr Harnet rather ’ ’ . ... _ , . _ ... i area daat utth Gj .ey aga.u.t tUt Captain Allaire. lie’s a pleasant, amus¬ ing fellow, I know; but he’s acarcely the person f should select for aaf girl’* husband.” “Yea, Cousin Fred, I will apeak to her,” said Genevieve, sighing softly as she wondered what spell Genevra pos¬ sessed to win all hearts to herself, from stately Cousin Fred to the handsome dashing young captain of artilisry. “But have you reasoned with her on the subject?” times,” “Half a dozen said Barn *.. “But she only laughs at me.” Genevieve was silent. She wondered if jmpular rumor was comet, t+u4 Frederic Barnet really did love | tt!e Genevra so hopelessly so dearly. eviling Genevra came home late that fi in the rosy sun-et, with scarlet d flowers in her hair. “I have been to the village,” she ja.ff, “with “Oh, Captain Genevra!” Allaire.” pleaded the eide j ‘is- j | ter. “When Fled thinks—” QL “1 don’t care what Fred thinUfij’ in lerrupted the beauty, with a ltd 04 her hcad. ft j “Listen, Genevieve, I have CaptaiJ a sect to tell you; 1 was married to Al laire this afternoou? 1 At t •Married?' ” echoed Genevieve. **Oli, Genevra!” said “Look at my wedding ring,” the wild little gypsy, holding up her u>-Hy, taper linger. “Yes, married—reallj Mrs. Allaire and actually married! I am matronly now,” with dignity. an amusing ussuiuptnu^of “But Cousin Fred—” wP “Cousin Fred may help himself if he can,” said Genevra, audaciously. “Per¬ haps yon don’t know, Jenny, that Cousin Fred himself means to be taarrief 1 very soon. «cr.cvicve turned pale. G ‘i“ , ; V r “ ! cnc< ‘ she ’ “You can’t t “ I ’ OHr ,itt,e ^viavc!” “But you will not lose’ your ho ' u ®;. Y |' U C ° mC UD, ‘ HV * WltU '" e ^ rto J hat with ;” gaid the «nex|ctcd »ucccs»ion of startling n«vwi, *1-1 mu ’ it l,,ok ollt for 11 situation in some school or a* companion or nursery guv erneaa! But oh v Geiievm, atu you quite sure about Fred! , »it2^sr?r\Si5 Jow|| b< , hin(1 the shrlll ,i, erjj lor ^ tin A j| nlrR t(| ,. oniu » sa jj Geuevra, with a ri towhilr”in'.T "T” 4 »*«Li , rr- r‘ jf, P * household u . rat|cI|S to makc t he ar IIMfIltl|| /or hig cora}ng marrisg. ” " l Wo “‘ ,cr who il c,ul bc ’” G<: ’ ie ’ . ^ of coums,” said} Get. • „ or Umt b , iultiful Mrs . St . .... J . . ti , flde5 h< . !d h , vo done Uvo con 4ided m u*. I think, and that’s one reason f '**'*"■ Aud UiarleyJ^co « up ' ‘ ’ .* tram fun' } f‘ h2 S^*iv: 0 c.irel* Ami Genevieve could but the beautiful, willful young recklessly creaturl' too had taken life’s helm so JvoSe, i»to Md ta in #cUokin ^ ^ 8 |„. l H * very, vorv haitily. r ......—’.rayu Fie i listened v« ry p! '^iunW.»,«..»*.*.«. should if you ti*<l asked euutnj my advice, I h .vc given « veidtaL Bug as ^ you didn’t consult rue, ’ why, J^ I shall have bc Uke lho Wy t on the gt#Re ” an< | g j ve you blessing. Attire w * clever . *>11 fellow euougli, 1 auhougb he , ,ms ^ cc Grenewlymarri^l “. ver . y J 'pair ,, p0 you ■ Wl went away, CM'*™V.»■' tboughtlestly happy as two school /'// /"/ii/ “'l” 0 .j/'ii'/l ‘‘’"w ,"she'could h arrivo I For she k th never remain ut the ^cn imautiful Mr*. St. Dean or .... Hilv y , r ,j ihouM cith#r oi tht . m be . . th “It would kill me” she thought kill clasping ^,5, her hands. “Yes, it would Mf , j!irne h;l(1 lurne j kindly to her, and led her to a seat beside the win Jow “You are Dale Genevieve ” he said T£.’Z.'1£X if S lS four for hor; she'ia baltertlv n'iio will a*,* bonoy from ad life’s garden ground! H« nature is light and irothy; far dif ferent, Genevieve, from yours. Kit down, little cousin; 1 base much to sav t<> “Now.” thought poor Genevieve, with her color changing from scarlat to wUite-“now it i* coming! I shall be ^ * action of indescribable lone hness passed through her heart as she pictured Genevra radiantly liappy with her captain of artillery, Aousin f red » the love of sora.* stately and beautiful woman, herse.f only u-.i out in the cold of life, dreariest vie an un loved aa l solitary oid maid. But she spoke nothing o: all these sickening f«rs; eyes.* onlv looked at him. with wistfut dark in silence. “Genevieve,” said he. “do you think it would be a wi'J and foolish dream for mo I.* thm. .*! **V«ul Oil, lo, .he atu—ettd, try mg to smite. “But 1 am three aud thirty.” **You are only in tho prime ud full acre of life." she responded—“for a man. With women.” »:.U;ng re.uy, vervtung » so ditLr.it. Bat, C-msm Fre.. if yon really intend nui , . g-’ “Ti** * •*»*-* *«**><» toager ia y«* *“^ -But that’s just what I doa’t * » i t lo, tlenevwve.” heaaul, with her t-retd »ta. e.orely held ia h.s. “Dear, solemn little ■woman, is it possible that 1 you don’t comprehend what I mean ':” “Von think,” with a startle! look, | “that I be useful about the house?” ’ can “Must I say it in so many words, • Genevieve,” he asked. “.Shall I q > [ lown on my knees, like the heroes of i romance, and say: ‘Sweetheart, wiil you • be toy wife?’ ” Genevieve started to her feet in a panic. me-? - ’ cried Gca “Do you really mean evieve. “I really mean—you,” he said, reso¬ lutely, holding her fast, when she would have flown from him. “Little girl, then you never have suspected ho* dearly I love you k” And Genevieve, clasping bot.i hands over her eyes, could scarcely icr-ult herself tbit all this was not a dream, a beautiful, blissful yet baseless dream, Mrs. St. Dean was no longer a rival! She had nothing to fear from Alicia Hiiyardl Cousin Fred loved her, and her alone! Cousin Fre i had always loved her! So they were married, ami when Gen evra knew it she cried out, laughing: “Well, there is hope for tau oldest of old maids, now that our Jcuny is mar ried!” For this seventeen-year-old beauty could hardly realize that true love ex -ts for anyone over twenty year, old! — 1 uu Ledger, SCIENTIFIC AND IN'DUST It I VL. To make ice by artificial means re quires one tou of coal to produce Iron from five to ten tons of ice. A large sewing machine, weighin' three and one-fourth tons, is in use it Leeds, England, It sews cotton belt irg. The average weight of the Chines* brain is said to be heavier than th* average weight of the brain in any otliej race. Hard coal loses eight per cent, it bulk per annum when exposed to th< weather, Soft coal loses twelve pei cent. Experiments li ivc shown that a pump kin will lift two aud one-half tons, pro¬ vided the weight is placed so as to interfere with the growth and develop¬ ment of tho vegetable. The temperature of tho Mediterra¬ nean at 200 fathoms is about fifty-six 'de¬ gree*, and no change is found in going to the bottom, which in places reaches s depth of 1500 fathoms. M. Chappuis’c proposed electrie rail¬ way through the Simpion Pass ia esti¬ mated to cost $8,000,000, and it would greatly reduce the distance between Italy and Northern Europe. The cost of tite observatory which is now being built on the top of Mont Blanc, Switzerland, is estimated at $60, 000. Part of the building is to be made available tot guides and tourists. The central -Sahara registers a mean of ninety-seveu degree* in July. Centia' Jireuarj, Australia Im.*«u< y£r.iu.etv-fonr a mean which i* attained ia 8 ' ,uiht!i ‘ rotiua •‘ n ' 1 [nner Arabin ia m,u - 8umuier ’ A British scientist recently Hated that if a man weighing 140 pounds were placed under flat, a hydraulic press and squeezed tue result would be 105 muuds of water aud thirty-live pouuds sons and cures lor snake bites ia to be esUbiished in Calcutta. It is to be founded by a native, and will be the only institution of it* kind m the world. An excellent method for waterproof ing the surface of a wa>l is to cover ii hours‘^coafoS*. /olutiouTs^J* c . JZSSZ This process 1* Ti.r.u" renea’cd several LSI perMlj ..let light. The researches of many observers, as reported upon by I)r. Buchan, show that the ocean currents cause the temperature of the wcst 8,llc of the Atlantic, at depths from 100 to 500 fathoms to be ' 1<?ar! y t( -’ n degrees warmer than at the depth* on the east side. Blarecy, the well jkuowu ievestiga* tor of animal movements Oy menu* of in stantaueous photography and the zoc trope, has now succeeded in rendering the beating of a hving heart visible to , -^4,, -JgM<b» ~ «-•- *>' , Oflicia. statistics of the coicra . epidem- .. *c m Germany last year, and up to its practical d,.appearance, show that the uumta-r of deaths from cholera wre, «5IU. Aine-tentns practically ox this numlH r w, ri -d t< k c city jin* c ° ° ofThe whote cen t center around U.unburj, Sh’dlSSilh" witu aumauu tng viruitace. Pi.ch pine beams will ... ta:ck- . surma m ne*s from eighteen and three-quarter inches to eighteen and t quarter; spruce eight and a half inches to regfat ; and thiee-eights; white pine from twelve inches to eleven and seven Srfar eighths; vetlow pine a trifle iere. bealn* will shrink from a width of fourteen inches to thirteen and a ..uirter; elm from eleven to tea and «>1 ’'*- >• -I d^h.. -..... .....—- , , Hashiarton. * . A vein of onyx was discovered in Gar lioki County. \\ f wfj*ch th rejwrt of an expert miner a -gr* wlw v etted and examined the Sa d a week or s> - ace *how. to Ibo of • ra* pue*t’-.e - -nine* ia a-’S.TKW.-T. is poreaarel *•: *k*» Ihrir eouaty ot the ere? *•>?* auavaiathnU^Wd »t*t*n. —t^icatfo I Hires. fQtp ftHufflH | '* W ,1 IWJ I HOT m K 4V; Mr?. Cleveland rarely kisses her friend?. Mme. Patti, the singer, owns IOC canaries. Emeralds are the favorite stone3 just at present. Queen Victoria’s favorite instrument is the harp. Paper dresses are being worn at even ing parties in Paris. Braid takes a most important place in the world of trimmings. Purple catalaysas are Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilts favorite flowers. The fashionable fardingales of 1560 were twenty-six feet in circumference. Queen Margarita of Italy possesses a coral necklace which she always wears, day and night. Mink is in high favor, its soft shade of trown mingling readily with most of the colors in vogue. Large, light-colored felt hats have a charming effect trimmed with feathers aud shaped to suit the wearer. The extension of width in shoulders grows and grows, giving, in some cases, a winged aspect to the wearer. Triple cape3 edged with fur arc very becoming to slight figures, but over faii- a sack-back coat we consider them a ure. No better or briefer description of Mrs. George M. Pullman can be given than the mention of her resemblance to Patti. Mary E. Bartlett, of Cheyenne, Wy¬ oming, is the first woman to receive votes in a State ballot for United States Senator. The fastest typesetter in California is said to be a young woman who is em¬ ployed in a newspaper office at Santa Barbara. Mrs. T. DeWitt Tutelage makes her husband’s pastoral and social engage¬ ments and all' his lecturing interests are in her hands. Purple veils arc a daring innovation. A clear, good complexion stands the test well; but pale faces look deadly masked in the royal shade. Mrs. M. A. Anderson, Assistant Ser geant-at-Arms of the Arkansas House, acts as doorkeeper in the absence of tha Sergeant-at-Arins. Lady Evans, wife of the late Lord Mayor of London, was a housemaid at the Oaks Hotel, Seven Oaks, England, prior to her marriage. AH .- .Ion is admiring Jan Van . •*>£ Duchess of Matlbor dicers* portrait ough in a white muslin frock, holding a rod suuahake over her head. Florence Nightingale, the famous nurse, is seventy-two years old. She takes her baptismal name from the Ital¬ ian City in which she was born. Miss Mary Conant, living near Roch¬ ester, N. Y., has managed her father’s farm ever since his death, some four years ago, and made it pay well. Electrotype reproductions of rare pieces of silver, such as are found in museums or valuablo art collections, are among the latest fads of the aristocracy. One looks with joy upon the arrival in the domain of fashion of the tight-fitting velvet pelisses. Nothing could be more fitting or stylish for the new spring cos¬ tumes. . i i 1 b EiiiocBc«'' er liglit graj. 1 mrple is aim a peculiar tone which is much used in milliuery. Auuie Louise Cary Raymond sings in a x ew York church choir. The purity of an d strength of her vocal chords are as fully retained ns when they did service in “Faust,” “Trovatore” and “Lucre* tit.” Flower garnitures for party gowns are beautiful. An especially dainty com bination is of narrow stem green ribbon, a t regular intervals of which is A Denver «e»‘doia (Cot.) hi>u..c.viEo has uu Iu- 4te |lri g hrr haurowork. Tb. young woman is ths daughter of a Pawnee chief, aud her name ra English I* Bose Howell. She was a student for miay p” yeari at thc Carlisle school. ac tresses, it is said, wear paper j acC) w ych by night looks as delicate as the best of real lace, while it costs but a trifle ’ To Wear aa “P*™™ lot <* Plain fine ser - es have be€a ^cceeded by the wide . nb bed varic-Ues which show to such advantage in the plain trained s kj rts in tweeds there is a distinct feel {of boueie effecUt aa j flatfy curIs break out of unexoected places in the ‘ Utes , testurei . It may be o user v«u us- as a general , plaits rule, skirts and gather* have widcn^ contribute at the to top, this and ef !ect ’ Ia ver J itvhsh "‘“ff there are as many as six or seven resdths “’.’’’itS'lhS’lSISISe mT - ”* *"” U Tiny gir-s .n wuite cashmere - uresses . aEtl cloaks * w lth white ^ge, white hats with . white or bright colored plume, and snowy gloves, have been among the most attractive of the mrey pl«a»ing sights on the m.*st taihioaahie metropolitan promcredre. Bnuke. which have ti: • stuff cut on liar, and the bn g» for { . ..nal way. There !*.»« cot c watch -ave seams un¬ the arm* aui on the aboui-ien only, unless they are fancied to the front, re¬ quire a good : „ ar*. su order to he really • THE TWO VISITS. The Kaiser goes to see the Czar, The won’ turns out to see; His ret’nue tollers from atar. An* then the Kaiser and the Czar Embrace in solemn glee. *: An’ then saioot an’ hug an kiss. An’ both are filled and soaked in blisi Wen I go down to Hiram’s placa The worl’ don't seen to care, I neither kiss his hands or face, ’T would make’em laff at Hiram's place, ! Twould make 'em 'ar an’ tear. But Hiram says, ez roun’ he pokes, •*I glad to see ye; how’s yer folks’ * m i take a loot at Hiram’s hogs An’ hear how much they grow. This somehow Hiram’s uieoTry jozs An’ he lets out on them ar’ bogs— You oughter hear him blow. If you could only hear him once You’d hear someginooine alerwunce. O,’ Hiram he is slow enough But none too slow for me. For I’m a purty tuna ol’ dutr, An fairly moierit enough. An’ jest as slow ez he. So we stub roun’ tho whole day long Until we hear the suoper gon;. The Kaiser goss to see the Czar, Aud maybe stops to tea. But man like Czars an’ K aisers are, Coopad in tho palaes of the Czar, Hain’t nosich times ez we. The Czar an’Kaiser know no charm Like loafin’ roun’ ol’ Hiram’s farm. —Sam Walter Foss, in Yaukee B.a le. HUMOR OF THE DAY. It is not man’s sins that find him out; it’s his neighbor.—Atchison Globe. The great part of a self-willed man’s estate usually goes to the lawyers. —Troy Press. Every day a man hears a dozen things he ought to do that he can’t do.—Atchi¬ son Globe. “Do you believe iu fate, Pat?” “Sure and phwat would we stand on widout ’em?”—Siftings. IV hat ever may be said of a sweetheart she can’t be too good to be true.—Phil¬ adelphia Times. There is no help for the case of the woman who can’t get a servant.—Phil¬ adelphia Record. Teacher—“What is a hero?” Tommy —“The man who marries a heraiue.’’— Indianapolis Journal. The cynic is the man who knows tho price of everything and the value of nothing.—The Fun. Women are not cruel to dumb animals. No woman will wilfully step ou a mouse.* —Richmond Recorder. It appears to be the business of tho needy tramp to go around looking for, succors__Binghamton Leader. “Do you think this tooth will standi filling!” Patient—“Well, I’m sum its has .plenty ol nerve.”—Inter thaws Own, dynamite | The man who out is being heard from. There is generally but one report.—Baltimore American. The Keg—“Your headpiece is posi¬ tively ugly.” The Barrel (proudly)— “Maybe, but I wear hoops.”—Chicago News. Time is generally represented as carry¬ ing a scythe. This will probably be kept up till it is no mower.—Philadelphia Times. “There’s another unconscious humor¬ ist!” gleefully remarked the footpad as he sandbagged the punster.—Washing¬ ton Star. “There’s a time to work and a time to play,” but to the hand-organ grinder both times come at once.—Rochester Democrat. “Say, Chimmie,” said the boy who bad a white pink, “dc blokie flat named dis flower must ov bin color blind,"— Washington Star. • That the cynic is an extreme type of humanity is indicated by the fact that he is always very old or very young.— Washington Star. “I feel better about lickin’ this postage stamp,” said the boy who had been size.” sent to mail a letter. “It’s nearer my —Washington Star. “Yes,” said the man who had just fallen down three flights of stairs, “I’ve ^enonquiteanexteodod . . . . . tnp. . . w -Kate Dullpate—“I find it very hard work to collect my thoughts.” Maud—“Papa ... . ... ,.. ’ * Mudge— Thompson called ... me an >diot. Yabsley— \ ou needn t mind ‘hat. Thompson always doe* exaggerate “ ore -Tit-Bits. What maks the bicycle popular with nmny, rich or poor, is that, after trying one they feel that they are better a. par I ‘nade of you?” Cranky Subject —“Well, the coat is too tight under the irms -''—New York Journal. The words of s man’s mouth tell no more of rhe me diUtion> of hu heart than the voice of a dinner bell tells of the quality of the dinner—Puck. * cn it comes to revenue cutters, said old Bullion, snipping o« another coupon, “there, nothing like a good 1^'^ of shears. -Chicago Tobune. A difference between a knife blade 1 !"*P 1-j , '»P" “ d * ««■*» »lb>t «» '* -» - * M, more cutting.—-Philadelphia Times. When smile* the glad millennium A Upon th s mighty nation a office w.U be round for each In tae whole population. -Wreku«t»i8mr. At a Part v- Suitor—‘-Mein You^J (p^eb I iove you.” Hich herf.therj-^Ex- Ladv with her hu to me, yonder is my businea, rnanam ’’ Luft. Mr. Horton—“What on earth did you Horton—••To qf this expensive fife screenl’’ veriug that hadn’t keep caller* from (lit we any tri. -ft* Inicr-Uccan. .
