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About The People's advocate. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1892-1893 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1893)
THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE. CRAWFORDVILLE, GA. Every s’tate and Territory in tin C don lias an organized militia ev opt the Ter¬ ritory olL’tah. Hit lumber of foreigners who took up 1 heir izidence in America last year was f Id.!*, of whom 1 ls,”7o caun from tiern.*(y. Vint was once the heart ol tile Wir coi>>» pine region i« now importing thonands of feet of that timber from Wellington State. icncral Schkopp, of the German armv, sas - “If his majesty draws bis sword it wll never return to its scabbard until hi last enemy is crushed, or he, with Ins topic, is overthrown." The increase of more than a million ol icep in this country during the past ear is more than matched by the m reused use of wool in producing woolen ;ood.s, which was 59,000,000 pounds. The Chicago Mail estimates that the 3,000,000 people who are expected to visit Chicago during the World's Fail will expend while iu that city not less than $200,000,000. This is an average of over $65 apiece. The New York Hun figure that if six men were to start on successive days from six American cities, and travel in a straight linn around the world to the point of starting, the Chicago man would probably claim to have made the quick est time, while the Ohio man, if there was one, would be the first to arrive home; but the distance traveled by all six, il added together, would fall 70,000 miles short of tho railroad mileage of the United States, double tracks not counted, Should the Sandwich Islands really become part of the United States they will be tho most picturesque feature of ties Republic, declares the Chicago Herald. They deserve the title “Flow¬ ery Kingdom” perhaps even better than Japan, since flowers bloom ou the islands all the yoar round, ami are pecu¬ liarly beloved by all the inhabitants. The /oreigu residents, and even transient ▼bailors, catch the native fondness for flowers, and at times people of all torts go T i$bout .-Arlantied with abundant bios, J „ It occurred to the long-headed, pub •m,*- **_ o. p-aM a* the time had come to devise measures for the preservation of the forests of that State. Accordingly they procured the introduction of a bill in the Legislature which provided for the appointment . of a forestry commission whose duty it shall be “to examine and report on the con dition of the slopes and summits of the State and tho pressure or uUetice , ot . forests thereon, for thc purpose of dc term in ing the iuflueuce on the stage ol the water in the rivers, the amount ol timber remaining standing and how thc supply be , increased , . ami , maintained. , . . - „ can The American Library Association, which ha* the co-operation of nearly all the great libraries of f the country, „.;ii will make a notable exhibit at the Worlds Fair. It will include sample*, models, and photograph* showing articles and mechanical device* in actual u-e; print¬ ed matter, form*, blank*, constitutions, by-laws, rulos for subscribers; accession departments and their management; cat¬ alogue, classification and reference de¬ partments; binding department, with sample* of binding, temporary cover* and receipt* for restoring, mending and ,ng plan*, elevations, perspective* and model* of the best library buddings. There will also 1, atomic, library of 5000 volume*, selected from list* pre¬ pared and sent in by the various librari aus of the country. lt is related that a man who was writ¬ ing a history of New York employed an expert to find out for him bow many speculators in Wall street succeeded in the long run. After a laborious iuves tigatiou the expert reported that the only single instance which he could dis¬ cover was a man from Rhode Island, named Smith, who had actually woe $30,000 in a speculation in the street and Carrie'S the money away to specu late no mote It was the single bright instance in a long line of wreck*, add* the New Orleans Picayune, and was written down in the book to hand thc name of Smith down to immortality. Unluckily for hi* reputation, however, hardly was the book published before Smith turned up on the street and put hi* #3o,000 into another speculation. He never heard ot it agate, and the sole in¬ stance of a tamMttti sfaiutst a a* i>lthlw*-| UcaUvJCd. HOME. The prince ri le* up to the palace gate* Ani hu eyes with tears are dim. For ho think* of the iwggar maiden sweet Who inny never wed with him. For home is wh'-r - the heart is, Jii dwelling great or small. And there'- many a splendid palace Tha’ > never a home at all. The yeoman conies to his little cot With a sons when day is done. For his dearie is -tan ling in the door And his children to meet him ruu. For home is where the heart in. In dwelling great or small. An f there’s many a stately munsiog That’s never a home at ail. Could i but Jive with my owu sweetheart Hi a but with san>b*l floir. I’d be richer far than a loveless man With fame and a ijoHeii store. For home L when- the heart is. In dwelling great or small. Anil a cottage lighted by love light Is the dearest home of all. —George Horton. CUPID IN THE KITCHEN. J1Y MAItV KI.VE IIAT.r.AH. 1IE cook has given warning, and the rhamlierinaid says that, where Susan goes she goes like¬ wise,” said Mrs. Montgomery, in a tone of despair. “And as I have just IrU-TI paid their wages O if VI they are packing to T-tk."' go. What wicked, w icked women. Not - a word of warning.” “Why, mammal what is the reason of * this sudden deser tionl" queried Emily, the only daughter of the house, aged eighteen—and she laughed. “Your papa found fault with the beef last Sunday. Ah—there is nothing to giggle over, i am sure," said the matron, dropping into a rocking . hair- “A week at the intelligence office for me, while the house goes to wreck and ruin, and your papa loses Ids Unifier over the dinners, for old Mrs. Chump, the only person 1 can send for, always ruins every disk she touches. “And we cannot Imvn Mrs. Chump this time, nuuntna,” said Emily. “She is in bed with rheumatism. I met her little niece in the drug store buying medicines and lotions for her, and she said she was very lmd.” “Then the end lias come!” sighed Mrs. Montgomery. I’ll do the “Don’t fret, mamma, work," said Emily. “1 think it might lie fun for awhile.” “Do you!" Mrs. Montgomery asked, sarcastically. “Ah!” Emily laughed again. “It's the best you can do,” she said, “and I'll *iwe papa a high tea; with omc letto and cbidken sandwich, and all the C.’J things ifo likes, imd no doubt you can And some otic to como to-morrow.” “Oh, no doubt,” said Mrs. Montgom PiSUTVSC '°"“i Emily.” “Good-bye, mum and miss,” said cook, looking iu at the door. “Good-bye, 1 »“> “‘“■P sure. No doubt there is them that might if th(>y bu(l Uu . lwtlcncc u f Job:* not else.” “Goo I-bye, Indie*," said thc chamber - maid; "I’m sorry to leave you, but Susan and me goes the two of us to ^ um , if sllt . b illsultc .|, I j atu likewise,” «% “Good-bye,” said Entity, calmly. back.) ? Mrs. Montgomery turned her a «»d muttered “Ungrateful wretches!” between her teeth. I “And 1 actually made over my navy blue Bedford cord dress for that woman,” she said, after the door closed; "and never has she had to buy at: apron, There, I’ll ^ go and begin my martyrdom ’ |( yQU ,, o ^ mto tl 0 klt . j, u t,«» my rubber gloves ami my mob cap, that 1 wear for dusting my room—coal ashes are the ruin of the liair—and a big apron—your looks ate my pride.” kissed her mother, that she ~ Emily saw went oil comfortably, and then obedient ly donned cap, glove* and apron, ami descended to the kitchen. ** Cook, in her wrath, chaos. had left the kit-j j 4 ben in a state of ! k I)iahe» piled high in the sink, towel* 1 on t j K . floor, pot* and kettles in sore suUio / critici J onast Slav’s inner. The U prospect was alarming, win, but Miss Emilv to work with a finding it rather more difficult than m her mex pencnce she had suppowd, and w ishing that her mother luui not so ctrrfuiU guarded her delicacy at the expense of her usefulness in kitchen affairs. Just as she took her pot* and kettle* m hand. Jack bpmner, the millionaires son, flying along upon his bicycle, came very near running into a young man who sat upon a curbstone, moaning piteously, and at once alighted. “Good heavens’. I haven’t hurt you?” * he cried. “No, sir,” replied the person ad dressed, who was enveloped in covered a mys tcrious waterproof c.«tuaic, and from head to f.n.t with ashes. “1 was clone dead when you came up. I’ve got the choietav or the typhus. I dunno which, and I’ll Io*e mv‘ job. for 1 am able for it no longer, and there’* no mercy on you if you neglect a thing, il it i* ever 10 with tou— no mercy." “That !» very cruel,” said yocnu Spin ner, who i.a-i the ten detest heart in the world. “Is it that a»U . art you are j r , v . 3 _-< • It i* indeed,” .aid the unfortunate. “And there i* » \ bar’i* to empty yit, a:; i tin 1-4 ».• * ■ •« ;t. I c uM drive bfc< k. but 1 couldn’t lift the Uer'U.” At home they railed Jo. k i»-*n t^u.a vtr, (or he *** ilup succor is $ *«a» nor to Jack, ami these two were young and liked sweet things, and Jack declared that he had neve; had so de lightfu! a lunch before. It was a romance—which is different from a flirtation—that little episode, and it always remained in the memory of those two young people as the sweetest moment of their lives, When her mother returned, Emily wore cap, apron and gloves. The high tea was ready, and all the work acenm plished, after a fashion, ami the girl looked .«•> pretty, so happy, “Cooking must agree with you,” Mrs. Montgomery said. lint Emily did not speak of the ama tcur ashman, or her lunch party of two, until long after—oh, long, long atter— for it was some days before Mr. Spinner called on the father, bringing his son with him—some weeks before they were asked to an afternoon tea—some months before Jack became an intimate friend of the family—and quite a year before his engagement to Miss Emily Montgomery was announced to his friends. And it was cnlv on the very eve of her wedding that Emily told her mother that Jack had fallen in love with her at first sight, and how and when and where, Ar,d Mrs. Montgomery declared tlntt it would have been very, very shocking —frightfully imprudent—if it had been any one but Jack; but that made all the difference, Jack was such a nice fellow, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Rose diamonds are liable to explode. Some of the stars move with s veloc¬ ity of nearly fifty miles a second. There arc estimated to be over six hundred deposits of iron ore in the State of Missouri. The origiu of the geysers at Sonoma, Cal., is supposed to be a voleauie crater filled by a landslide. The moon gives out heat enough to affect the thermometer and make a dif¬ ference of two or three degrees. If fish get beyond a certain depth in the sea they die from the pressure of the water, which they arc unable to support. The most important domestic sources 0 f potash arc wood ashes, cotton seed hull ashes, tobacco dust and tobacco stems. ProfcMor c> s . s nt of thc Arno , d Arboretum, ^ Harvard University, has re turnC(J ’ makj ” ft J of tllC bot J of the ■ , . s ‘ 11 18 not an eas >' ulatter t0 freeze out trichinae. After subjection to a tern perature of twenty-five degrees below “ ro for two hours ‘hey again became * ctive when CJC P 04ed t0 an<1 heat. A simple method of keeping iron and steel from rusting is to coat them with a solution of rubber in benzol, made about the consistency of cream. It may be applied with a brush, and is easily rubbed off when desired, In oue of tho Comstock mines a new water wheel is to be placed which is to revoliiti.e. a .--iairte, aaJ^a'eti a speed at its periphery of 10,805 feet per minute. A greater head of water than has ever before been applied to a wheel will be used. Interesting experiments on thc sense 0 f taste in ants have been made by H. i) evaux Among other results he has found that Lasius llnvs , wh il c fond of su „ ar< dislikes saccharine. The ant* 4warme j around sugar laid out for them, bat turned away from saccharine as soon M th bad tiist ed it . Even sugar he cantc unpleasant to them when it was mixed with saccharine. It seems, there¬ fore, that sweetness is not the only quality which attracts them to sugar. It is very probable that, for health’s sake, there will, after a time, be uni¬ versal crematiou ot tho dead in cities. Burying in the earth is said to be very inimical to the health of cities. Then there will be no ground to spare for burial purposes iu c-ouisc of time. It is probable that the dead will be quickly and effectually reduced to ashes by means of electricity. The remains cf a human body that has been cremated weigh only eight ounces—no matter how fleshy and heavy thc corpse may have been. A kind-Hearted Giant’s Embargo. A number of anecdotes have been told Ute ,f a ‘ uou ? ° J ^ cuue ! >cc tuiu ‘ bermau, Bodlish whose stentorian voice resembled reverberatmg thunder and distmctly from kea daH * Mills bridge to T.oon.c Fall*, a di»Unw of two md^. An old-timer wyi ** 3 • w ° * c a VC , . nrer driver was drewn^ at Kendall Mills and Bod^h having subscribed a ^ ba cJ the le in ai<i of the .offerers. He laid down the rule no . n JJJJ „ f ^ Je hat v he ^ ld feiSlU when a coa- the . • - a T^«n*riYn ^ “ Journal Test For the Parity „ r Milk. Whether it is worth while to know exactly the degree to which one’s milk toller is watering his milk is an open question which each must decide for himself. For those who do not consider that ignorance is always bliss a simple way of setting at rest any doubts ts to tbe purity of the milkman s stock in trade i* provided in a new gnlactometer. used for this The instruments ordinarily with purpose consist #f a glass tube a graduated tcile paper ins.de, and their record is not as a rule reliable. The new instrument is said to be much more accurate, and show* at a glance whether thc milk ia pure or adulterated. The instrument n a gists tune open at both end*, along waieh a ..tt.e ■>*•! of biue • glass acts , indicator. The den*tty of tbi* ball 1U29, and it a w adjusted j that it can float on*r oo pure , Cbkago Meet iiecurd. forlorn being in distress, maid or man— it made no matter which. Now he.in stantly b' thought him what to do for this poor ash cart driver. “Come along,” he said, taking the man by the arm and leading him into a drug store hard by. “I’ll tell the doctor : to see you, and empty the rest of the barrels for you—jolly fuu for me, you know, and "you’ll keep your place, and' all that.’’ The man, petrified with astonishment, could only lift his hands, and in a mo merit more a still mere astonished drug 1 clerk advance—and had a patient—well dropping; cholera paid for mix- in j was ture into i glass, and applying mustard plasters, in the little back room behind i the store. ! “S>x more houses,” said Jack, walk ing beside the cart, “straight dowu, the man said.” He shouldered the first barrel and dumped it. A shower of ashes covered him, but he only laughed. Next came a zinc can, quite elegant in appearance, but tilled with decaying vegetables, and orneiaented by the inanimate forms of three murdered kittens. Mr. Jack gasped, but he intended to finish his work of charity now that he j had begun it. And, with varied results, j new experiences to him, the young ath iete emptied live barrels. On the sixth pavement he found none. What an ashman’s duty invalid’s was he did’yd know, but he had his interests at stake, and must do his best for him, so he descended the areaway and rang the bell. In a moment a girl in a mob cap, a big apron, and rubber gloves, opened the door. “Beg pardon, I am sure,” said Jack, bowing, “but do you wish your Csh barrel emptied?” He spoke in the most elegant manner, but lie was covered with ashes as with garment; his mustache was whitened, tin hands begrimed, cinders adhered jto his hair and his face was dirty. The maideu before him was not quite free from marks of kitchen labor. It was Emily, who had been washing the pots and kettles for the first time in her life. “What a beautiful manner lie has. she thought; “he must be some jinc in re lucud circumstances.” I And she smiled him: I “ upon gcntliman, “You arc the-the ash I suppose ' she queried. “ call in that capacity.” said Jack. “ Then if it ,s not too much trouble, the ash can stands in this little place under the front steps,” said Emily. “No trouble whatever,” said Jack, diving into the place indicated; "I’ll bring it back when it is emptied." -You are too kind," said Emily, un aware of the pot-black ou her chin. “Not at all,” said Jack of tho Cin ders, and they bowed as if they were dancing the lancicrs. , ln a moment Jack had dumped tjio ashes, and returned with the can. He waa greeted with a great puff of smoke, and Emily, blushing and cough ing, came out into the area for air. “Beg pardon,” %ii'L Jack; "but house is not on lire i” * "I hope not.” said Emily; "the fire went out, and I’m trying to kindle it, but it smokes so.” "Perhaps it is the damper,” juid Jack ; ‘ l II look, if jou don t mini . “J shall be grateful, gasped Emily. "It » the damper,’ said Jack “and these things m thc ovens; now if I may have a bit of paper and some wood t» He found them himself, made a fire, opened the windows and waited until | the smoke vanished from the kitchen, | and then shut the windows. i “What a wonderful ashman,” Emily thought. “What an elegant girl to be a cook,” Jack said to himself, “It ia kind of you,” said Emily; “so stupid of me. But I did not know about thc dampers; l never made a fire before, but the servants have taken French leave.” “Oh!” said Jack to himself. “The young lady of the house doing amateur kitchen housework. I might have known l£ . And she think, me thc ashman,” and he sighed. “Good-day,” he said, bo wine Before Emily could reply a head was thrust in at the window—that of the ashman. “Ah' here you air, sir?” he said. “An’, sure, the medicine the doctor did be givin’ me has made me a new man, an’ I’m forever obliged. And sorry I am you’ve spoiled the fine clothe* you have on yc. And you’ll find vour boy-sucklc in the doctor’s shop. I’ve trounced thc rascal that was goin’off wid it to a and “Oh, you Emily are welcome,” staring at said hun. Jack, j 1 now was dor Iter breath,jmd Jack, lau,hmg, au swered first a»iKir(, sw tins was your first fire,:’he said. “The driver was ill, and l took his place It has been great fun. though rether duty work. May I introduce myself. He took a card from his pocket and presented it. “! am Miss Montgomery, ’ said Emily; “and i think my father ow*t know youre very well, if you are Mr. William Spin ner’s sou. They are ia the same busi ness.” So it proved. For special occasions who can say what the etiquette msv bei Kmily said tc hertolf that it would be e UU j>;v huroinc to help this martyr to his ^indlv sympathies out of his coat of and seat him to her brother’s waal [ r ,, (Kn lo o-j clothe* brush ini mna , When he tact her n^aia she wore neither tnob cap nor apron, but was at j.f,.; , prettv morning >ire*s, and her h *sr curled hewi; hiugly ou her i,e*d. \ a d, since ihi* was the son of her father’* old friend, it reemed but ho» p,r*;*;«• to ask hun to loach. Mam would not be at home, sue was quite , <*ne. It was awfully improper—but tb-e latter point ueret occurred to haul}, m tb *NE L* i ■wj &br\ r & Veils are highly colored. Tight shoes have had their day. Satin is coming again in great fav or. Novelty bengalines show electric et fects. Big hands looks monstrous in white gloves. Hats and bonnets for spring are things of beauty. Patent-leather tips are not the styh any more. All kinds of buds and berries are more used than flowers. High heels are not worn on the street by sensible women. Strings are the color of the trimming, and full two inches wide. There i» a prevalence of smooth, finely woven surfaces in the spring woolens. Fans most seen are of feathers with shell sticks or of antique painted parch¬ ment. Well-dressed women no longer lay in a stock of boots, for the reason that styles are variable. The Princess of Wales has a new pair of gloves. They are loug-wristed and ten buttons. Each button is a diamond. At a recent wedding breakfast in Brooklyn, N. Y., the bride made a witty speech in response to the toast in her honor. The fastest typesetter in California is said to be a young woman who is em¬ ployed in a newspaper office at Santa Barbara. George Du Maurier, the English "so¬ ciety” artist, asserts that women are growing taller, broader and generally healthier. Colored lisle thread gloves are not con¬ sidered “elegant" by the presumptive critics, but they look nice and they are cleaner than blaek. Ouida has each of her favorite dog3 cremated upon its death, and has a little “cemetery" for them connected with her home in Florence. White and gray feather boas are still worn with decollete dress, but with the new shawl effects they are superfluous md must not be used. Mine. Patti is said to have relinquished her iutention to visit the birthplace of her father in Sicily, owing to her fear of possible capture by brigands. Black kid is the most expensive glove in trade. Dust-gray dress kid is the best wearing. Brown is durable and makes the hand inconspicuous. The lady managers of the Columbian Bxposi(io^uO|>e to collect for Che library of the woman’s building every book written by an American woman since 1630. Bands of velvet are being worn round thc neck inside the collar of the gown. These are of any color to suit the dress, and arc fastened with little fanciful stick pins. Natural flowers arc again worn in the hair with dressy toilets, and very sweet they look for the adoriug of fair young girls and women not too mature in charm. The severe, but to some faces mo3t co¬ quettish, Empire poke comes in line, colored chip, and is trimmed with vel¬ vet ribbon iu severe lines, and erect os¬ trich feathers. Hairpins come now in sets of seven, two large and live small ones, cut from clear amber shell, with circular tips. Some of the finest ones are delicately tipped and inlaid with gold. Mrs. Moncure D. Conway knew Mrs. Thomas Carlyle very intimately, and pays glowing tribute to her conversational abilities, but says that she was wholly destitute of housewifely gifts. Mrs. Blaine will spend the coming summer in Europe. Her youngest daugh¬ ter, Hattie, will accompany hei. The residence at Augusta will be retained by the family and not be rented. Rip up your white China silk and send it to a cleaner's. If thc quaiit is good it is certain to clean well. Make it up in empire style, wich sleeves of yellow velvet and a narrow belt of the same. The feminine law student iu the Uni¬ versity of Pennsylvania is Miss Angelina Choynski. She joined the law school about a week ago, and is already spoken of as an especially bright student. Her brother students allude to her as their “sister-in-law." Russian female convicts in Siberia are in future, if a proposal made by the Ministry of Justice to the Imperial Council is ratified, to be exempted from fioggiug and wearing irons. Restric¬ tions in diet and solitary confinement are to be substituted. Women who would retain the beauty with which they have been endowed should avoid peppered soups, stews, game pates, ragouts, and spices, Wo men of nervous and sanguine temper¬ ament should restrict themselves to a diet of eggs, milk, bread, fruit, light broths and crust icea. Use tine cotton and a one-inch needle to mend gloves. Regular glove sets, containing a skein ot colored cottons, a paper of glover’s needles, a celluloid darner and a wax clover, can be bought at any notion counter for twenty-five cent*. It will last a family of girls un¬ til they arc ail married. There are quite a number of women in New York who earn their living by taking in “baby boarders.” Taese little tenants are anything but a burden to their foster parent*, many of whom ere widow* nt old ma;4* who have passed the frivolous age an 1 cet a great deal of comfort out of a ba>»j guest. laugh and grow fat, Aye, Uugh and grow fat: Full often a ' hat Prove* more potent than potion; Laughter acts on the heart. Gives the bicod a fresh start And a Vigorous motion. Yea. laugh and grow fat’ "Care,'’ you know, "killed the eat?’ — It will you if you let it; There's no surer relief For many a grief Than to laugh and forget it. Tes, laugh and grow fat: 'though some sceptic hereat May scoff, wholesome laughter Doth body and soul. Mind and morals, control; They are all better aftjf. Then laugh and grow fat! Don’t be prim and “a" that;” Why should features be lengthened? Just smile till you’ve beard, And I pledge you my word You’ll be gladdened and strengthened. —Yonkers Statesman. HUMOR OF THE HAY. Dust-proof—A bank-book. In at the death—The heirs. A dog star—The prize setter. Tough characters — Hieroglyphics.— Puck. The crinoline is coming with a hoop and a hurrah.—Washington Star. “No, Maud, dear. Joan of Arc wa« not Noah's wife.”—Philadelphia Record. The greatest part of a self-willed man's estate usually goes to the lawyers.—Troy Press. The newspaper man is the great writer of the people's wrongs.—Galves¬ ton News. The pen enables a young man to give his girl an inkling of his sentiments.— Texas Siftings. There is some hope that the fashion magnates will stave off the hoop-skirts. —Lowell Courier. To one traveling through the country milestones are pretty good signs of pro¬ gress.—Troy Press. When you see a boy unable to behave himself you should lend a helping hand. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Every dog has his day, but the nights belong to the cats and the clubmen.— Kate Field’s Washington. "Gee, that was a cold snap,” as the bulldog remarked after biting the Bos ton girl.—Philadelphia Record. An Ohio physician proposes to abate kissing, but the average young man pro¬ poses with a view to keeping it up. "It is pretty hard to be shoved to the wall this way,” plaintively remarked the bill to the bill poster.—Washington Star. The mother who starts to get a sleepy boy out of bed these mornings may be said to have a rousing time of it.—Phila¬ delphia Times. how* ’ Citticus—*‘I wonder it is that'so few women stutter when they talk!” Witticos—“They haven’t got time.”— Brooklyn Life. . Mrs. New Lee Wed—“You are a fail¬ ure, John. You’ve never had any luck.” Air. New Lee Wed— “Yea, once; I was born single.”—Brooklyn Lite. “You needn’t assume that I am holier than thou air,” growled the Rochefort to the Schweitzer; “everybody knows you are not up to my tone.”—Puck. "Why did Columbus forgive the mu¬ tineers?” asked the teacher. " 'Cause’ they was half seas over when they kicked," said Johnnie.—Broklyn Life. “I’m a 'Jonah,' ” said tbs urchin, With a most expressive wai.; “And 1 see by father’s manner, whale.” I’ui about to meet a —Washington Star. "1 think,” murmured the handcuffed convict, “that I must be a poor finan¬ cier, for I have more bonds on hand than I can manage.”—Baltimore Amer¬ ican. The two most exciting periods in a woman’s life arc when she is listening to her first proposal and bidding an a bas¬ ket of broken crockery at an auction.— Siftings. “Were you tn perfect health when you were struck by the street car?” asked the lawyer. “No, sir,” said the plain¬ tiff, “I was a good deal run down.”— Boston Commercial Bulletin. Mrs. Goodkind—“There’s only one trouble about poor Mr. Careless. He’s generous to a fault!” Mr. Gruff— “Humph! It’s a pity that he isn’t gen¬ erous to his family.”—Black and White. In ’97’ Mistress (to her maid of all work)—“Miss Mulloney, the fire is get¬ ting low; will you be kind enough to go to my room and bring me three pieces of coal from my jewel case. ”—Elmira Gazette. Making the Best of It - “Good morn¬ ing, Uncle Charles. Did you sleep well! I’m afraid your bed was rather hard and uneven; but—” “Oh, it was all right, thanks. I got up now and then during the night and rested a bit, you know.” —Punch. “Could you give me something to cat, ma’am!” humbly asked the tramp in the suburbs of Boston of the stern visaged woman who opened the kitchen door. “Yes,’' said the stern visaged woman, as she energetically closed the door in his face and locked it with a jerk. “I could.”—Somerville Journal. One of the richest specimens of a neat Irish bull was perpetrated Irish by the knight. clever and witty but blundering Sir Richard Steele, when inviting an English nobiemac to Tisit him. “If, sir,” said he, “you ever come within a mile of my house, I hope you will stop there." —Insurance Economist. Aboriginal America, in the person of a Sioux squaw, ia to show its ideas on dress at the World - Fair. She lives near San Diego, Cat., and ha* been at work for t no year* matting this gown a t deerskin* embroidered w .tn -ixteea pounds of beat*.
