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J. w. VBM2n.Mllwa Fwbitsteer.
A. ■ HIVIS*. Fieasisssr.
VOLUME I
»«ka*k ron mat-
The want phrase, "Chalk your hat,”
which is still current m many parte of
"Admiral" Beetade wjs Ml gwu*< of
nnou stags potatoes h ths days bedjpsw
y railroad* -At spent makth sfrhta Mm*
in Wi.<;MagUn>, whare, indeed, bo lived
fat'SSma: years. At the frninxl sd
«he would pass
and Senate
all th<> promi
era—over any
He would
» Omeinhatt or
roe through by
Juxli" Wteto*'
taeVtor bsk"
tic chalk mark on it Tf&piwnKtn so cofwi-’
terfeit, and return it wjthlbe-xemiq*.
“ That will serve your'tarh; my agents
yr jil recognize that anywhere, and won’t
receive a oßnt from the men whose hat
, is sojnataed.” Iteesido was,right, All
' i ‘ • hCtagtate kta*4to sign at once. Die
lhutatooam**h*WWw that some fel
‘ ’ lodHtneh to tteftato' ft," but they were
invariably detected and compelled to
leave the stage or pay their fare. In the
South and West "Ohalk yonr hat" still
stands for what the East styles dead
t'. heading.— New York paper.
A. ' - asroTHrnaoon'ro r.
A Detroit grocer waa hungrily waiting
for his clerk to return from dinner and
•. f ♦
give him a chance at bis swn noonday
mfatf, when a tot came tiffb his store
'with.a basket in his hand and said:
" I grab up this ’ere basket
f frtun th.‘ AtimhffDi’ mn, and I run after.
( a.idmt&hhu givoiiup.’’
-*nre .Jew are an honest to’ "
, "Andybu look like a good hoy.”
“lee, sir.”
“And good boys should always be en
couraged. In a box in the baek room
there are eight dozen eggs. You may
• take them home to your mother, and
keep the basket.*’ " ,
The gryotr tigd, i>te® saving those
eggs for days and weeks to reward some
one. In rewarding a good boy he also
got eight down bad eggs carried out of
the neightorhood free of cost, and he
ehuokhd a h'tU chuck He he walked
homeward.
The afternoon want'd, night came and
■went, and once more the grocer went to
his dinner. When he returned he was
picking his teeth and wearing a compla
cent am de. His eye caught a basket of
eight doeen eggs as he entered the store,
and he queried :
" Been buying some eggs ?”
" Yes ; got hold of those from a farm
er’s boy," replied the clerk.
“A lame boy with a blue cap on?"
“ Yea.”
" Two front teeth out ?”
••Yea.”
The grocer sat down and examined the
eggs. The shells had been washed clean,
but they were the same eggs that good
* boy jafi lugged tome the day before.—
Free Freim.
... , AJtCTIC WINTBKH.
In a paper read before the National
Acadeasy of torwes. Lieut Scluwatka
treated of " the duration of tin- Arctic
winter.” He said that st latitude 83 deg.,
20 min., 26 arc. (the highest point ever
reached by man, which was attained by
Commander Markham, of Oapt. Nares’
expedition), there are four hours and
forty-two minutes of twilight on Doc.
22, the shortest day in the year in the
northern hemisphere. In latitude 82
deg. 27 min., the highest point where
white men have wintered (the crew of
the Albert, of Oapt Narea’ expeibtion),
there are six hours and two minute* in
the shortrttt day. In latitude 84 deg.
82 min. (seventy-two geographical miles
nearer the pole than Markham reached,
and 328 miles from that point), the trne
plutonic tone can be entered by man
The pole itself is only shrouded in per
fect blackness from Nov. 13 till Jan. 27.
The pole has stout 188 days of continu
ous daylight, 100 of varying twilight,
and seventy-seven of utter darkness. ”
A ggusuiNo club is something new
, under the sun. An English publican
applied to a Manchester magistrate for
an extension of hours for a rapper in
connwtMß with,* “Hweanng €Mub,
Ths magistrate 4 Usk ad what that was.
The applicant explained that fine* were
imposed tor sWteanng on /Bundays, and
out of these fines the sppper Waa paid
for. The magistrate expressed sur
prise that the fines should be ap large as
to be sufficient to defray the cost of the
repast The applicant said there waa
something short, and they made that up.
The application was refused.
■*“ 11 1 wasM, n— . /
WlmbiiQ gj|r erfis ct.
KITTCB'S JgXNDYNV.
n uyiua v. uurwsx.
Dtapon BtMiley was >y no means A
pMiurioae atefla- He was only, as hsi
said, an “ecooflMfeally savin’" maal
He was tn good church standing, dovonC
and smoare. He had a good wife
dutiful daughter to make him a pleaaanf
home; waa oonaidared "well-to-do,*!
thfibgh a farsMsr, ami the comforts oJ
thehouse were not forgotten in thia de>
aufe Ao IjAkwunomioai. Nevertheleaa
thm one “aWF” bump ostiaed Mrs.
Stanley and Kittie a great deal of trou
ble. He woaii psnist ia wearing his
Kothen mrtil they were so fetch.-6 you
ixmki h|pßy tell the patch 'fro m the or
igliuu Mrs. Stanfi'v had hand
xlaU.ti lie mcndfng ovet*to Kittie an her
work, Mid Kittit- did ao hate mending ;
Mid,- with her pride and her
her father would persist in
wearing such clothes, her troubles were
great.
“ Why, he wean meaner Mothes than
any poor on the town,” ahe exaggerates!,
“ and t£ was jhsi cheating >iba rag
picker.’’mid he only
Mrs. Stanley, too, was a tyifie ashamed
that her good husband should so persist
in making patch-work of his garments,
but the kind soul hud given tip the argn
tnentPlong ago. The chnrbh parson bar!
been talked to about the deacon'a pecul
iarity, but, as tho deacon was a Christian
in every other respect, gave to the
church and her missions, helped the
poor and did not neglect his family,
this one sin—if sin it could be called—
waa considered but a minor one, and so
tho deacon escaped a censure. He
often h(«lril tinmgh, I Kith be
hind bis back lue to which
ho witild respond laughingly, turning
Um remarks into jokes, and none of
them aver made the slightest ripple of
auger upon his ocean of good nature.
The parsonage of L was being re-
paired, and the yonng minister waa
lioarding at tho Stanleys' during thia
prooeu, and prejiariug fiw the convention
which waa io be held in their aoeietythe
next week.
tiuddealyrhe tool, a great interest in
the family sitting-rtiom, and ftmnd it
pleasanter, I am aslianuxl to any, read
ing and talking toKittio and her mother
afternoons than writing sermons for the
ptxiplo of L to sleep nnder, or even
seeking out tho unruly sheep of the
flock, who had leaped the sectarian
fence. And Kittie—well, perhaps she,
too, took more interest in tho afternoon
talk than tho tiunduy sermon. Mrs.
Stanley, from her placid face, one might
read that she was well satisfied with
both. 0
One afternoon, Mr. Stanley came in
for some clover-seed, which Mrs. 8., in
her careful way, had put in a dry place,
ami she directed him up to the garret.
After a few moments' wiarah be xle
scended with the clovor-eeed, and left it
in tlie kitchen, while he procce<led into
the sitting-room with, hanging over his
arm, three pairs of old dilapidated pants
he had accidentally stumbled upon
where Kittie had iiidden them ; one
one pair of striped, one of checked and
another plain.
“ Kittle," he said, laying the cobwebs
ano garments tenderly down u|s>u tlie
stuffed chairs, " now, this ’ere is some
of your work, putting them away and
not half worn out Yon never will lie
the economical wife your mother is, my
chiltl. These could l>o mended into one
pair, and, as I may want them to wear,
you had better set about fixing ’em up
as soon as mother can sjiare you.” And
out no stalked as innocent of any im
propriety as tlie meekest lamb.
Kittie's eyes flashed and dropped as
ahe saw her father ajipear with the
hated garments, and a suspicions trem
ble gathered at the Comers of her mouth
and blnalies lea|Mxl to her cheeks, but as
he dejiarkKl out of hearing she glanced
at her mother and mirthfulness predom
inated over anger, and sha burst into a
hearty laugh, which was joined in by
Mrs. Stanley and the minister, who was
fully acquainted with the deacon’s fail
ing.
That afternoon Kittie wore a serious,
oeooccupiod air, which had change.) the
next morning to aughter at most unac
epunfebie times and aocre.t Uttewa which
quits astatoshed +*sr wsofrwr, «*1 as at
the first leisure moment Kittie waa die
apjieanng with the offending garmenta,
Mrs. Stanley aaked :
•• How are you going to fix them, Kit
tie?"
And Kittie answerer', giving them a
spiteful shake :
J* 111 fix ’em, never mind. ”
And the minister, finding Kittle not
pt*’ •
tht ittereMsHff Oonntyinftttydate of Georgia.
HARLEM. GEORGLA, TUESDAY. MARCH 1. 1881.
lljKxei»Wii** “*■ 'y*
it his duty Us sswtraua has asraraa* in.
. his oww roam.
aiifi b> hfe
” •'■B* l 1 ■to '■ ■■ " ■ U - • to v* V. —aw
OMOmsib
* r 1
Tho convention waa here, and. the
parishioners' houses were crowded with
guealr. The deacon’s home contained
for guests, with tlie minister, Prof.
Primstook and wife, Mt- *»d Mrs. Mer
ryday, Iler. Lycumgood, wife and sister,
but extra help left the hostess and Kittie
time to entertain them. In the after
noon of the iecond day there was a sort
of intArniiauion for the tired convention.
Mr. Stanley came in from doing the
'• choree" ha had finished ttthere<r!y,a»id
proceeded to his room for the purpose of
enrobing himself in his “ meeting
clothes,” for tha deacon waa very care
ful of these, and would have thought it
a sacrilege to have worked In them. In
an instant the door-bell rang, and two
reverends and wives came in h>r a chat,
whan, hearing his naufe ballfid, he hur
ried into liia ooat and tlirough the din
ing-room, whose Klttio *U-id aj- ertfea
from friglit, and Stood ameng his Quests.
Poor deacon ! He was not very
tag, or Ris eyes were not as good aa*
they once were, er the closet was dark.
And, then, it bring h dnHing hobby or
his to frown upon nifflek and ribbons,
jerffn amt trinnnings, ho considered it
a sai-rvd duty to give a lecture on the
oily.<4 these vauitoes beforugiving uia
I danghter the wherewithal for procuring ’
them. He was doomed to a great trial.
Ho hadn't taken throe stejis into tho
room before thirteen pairs of eyes were
fixed upon him with all the horror and
severity that twenty-six eyes were capa
ble of expressing.
Mrs. btanloy feebly ejaculated*.
“Jamexf” Two of the divines forcibly
remarketl, "Ahem! ahem I" and one of
the reverend's wives added, in a stage
whisper, "Meroy on us I" Then Mi.
Stanley, following their eyes to his feet,
stood spellbound. There he was, arrayed
in a garmmt unrivaled ovcu by Josaph'a
i coat oj nisHy ook rs, I verily believe, and
' bedecked in the most wonderful and fan-
I lastii al maniKW ever perceived by mortal
man pr woman. There were those three
beloved garments he had tenderly yml ti
ed to Kittie’s fashioning, and evidently
nlout five tTmes as many more, made
into one. There was a huge strijied
patch, bound with yellow, on one knee,
and a checked one, bound with green,
on the other. A striji of blue gxtendisl
up one leg, and a strip of white up tlie
other. An attempt hail Ixveii marie to
lengthen them, and around one ankle
I was knife-pleating of block cashmere;
around the other a ruflie of gray poplin,
I Kith headed by u puff of gay calico.
Little gay-ribbon bows and streamers
were generously distributed over the
garment, and a lovely little pocket of
wme-oulortHl velvet, edged with white
lace, stitched on one side, complcteil the
" mending."
Tlie deacon stared, and the mote he
gazed the more his wonder grew, and,
overcome by the sight, ho Jiilllod his
I loin dans out, mopped his face, ex-
I claimed, "Gracious me,” sank helplwwi
ly down in tlie nearest chair, and fi 11 to
gazing at himself again. It was quite
evident he hail made a mistake in the
garments, but where those came from
was entirely beyrcid hu conception. I
don't know but they would have sat
staring at tho deacon until this time if
the minister hadn’t laughed. Laughter
< is wonderfully contagious, especially
I among divines, even if people do think
i otherwise, and a few seconds of that
healthy exercise brought l>ack the dea-
J con’s scattered ideas, and his first ejacu
lation waa, " Where is that Kittle?"
But Kittte wasn't to be found, and
somehow the minister explained to
them all that it was a joke of Kittie’s,
and the deacon bad just got into the
wrong garments, ami they all knowing
k tho ieaoon's peculiarity aooepted in
wonderful g<«"i nature.
As Kittie did not return, Mrs. Stanley
aaiit the nun»ter over to Busis Ley's, |
wh<w» Kitttowas most likely to be, with ■
the message that ahe was forgiven, ami I
to come home.
Poor Kittle waa mortified enough, but I
when aha arrived home, and the guests
i made mure a heroine of her than dr- I
cumstam-e deserved, and ahe found the '
deacon dnln't look a bit angry, and her
mother never said one reproving word,
1 and caught the muuster’s eye full U I
Isughfvw tod W semetiamg sias Kittie
omddaT frnderwtatoC W .tontitoatiou
took wing, » aa« 4«w 1
' And iksA evening walking kosse from
Be usfri tt i nunialcx
B aha ever
ttriTajfcr . wars not
(F'Wfe 'bile altar,
g»v th«x his bless
k aedMSS and mirth
"Rtte 'oßtt into isa a fwwd wife, pai
son, but will never be as economical aa
her mother, as I said once before."
Mrs. Stanley ever blessed Kit Lio's
joke, for afterward tho deacon was never
fend of many patches.
non- ihi.ih PKASAtfTs Lirt.
The dens, misnamed cots, in |rhich
the jxiaaantry of Galway artd Mayo
counties live are merely stone shelters ;
owing to the intense ignorance M tlie
p'ople they are not provided with any
fscilirioa for draihtaw, sad are often in
oonqiorably filthy. The floors art of
hard mud ; it is rare to find morq than
one room in a hat, and only one Story.
Boils and bedding are luxuries which
the poorer tenants do not possess; old
heajm of hay and straw are tbs couches
on which tho lovely, l«rown-ayed, !arg>‘-
browed maidens of Connaught rsjxw.
Tlie smoke from a j>eat fire in a common
peasant'h eaMn spreads tlirough the
rixim, and you narrowly escape strangu
lation cm your first r-stf. • rl have hail
this and cou
soqnuotly minded'the smoke but little.
How family decency is maintained in
these dens is a mystery, and how the
people manage to keep elean—tar they
look clean—is a puzzle. Tho pigs run
m and out of therdoors—and such
wretehed pigs I A Nlfrth Carolina wild
hog would bo an aristocrat lireide them !
In dozens of these cabins sick piuplo
are to ba found—sick people dejienitont
either on the chanty of their neigiiboru
or on friends 61 America who send them
small sums. A gentleman in Galwiiy
told me that the ugeute of landlords
treated tho poorer tenantry as if they
were animals. He instanced the case of
one agent who, on rent day, when any
tenant was abort a half crown in hi* pay
ment, would knock tho money off tho
table on to the floor, so as to hiinjilfete
Jjie tenant before lm< fellows. Up to a
recent tote oven tho better class of ten
ants would not havo dared to reeent such
behavior; they were ready to fawn be
fore tho man who insulted them. Now
the tables are turned and tho agent
sneaks in anil out among the ]>«ople,
taking 2A per cent. Ices than the usual
rental, if indeed he gets anything st all,
and is glad to get away again ont of the
farming district with his head still on
his shoulders.— Ftlward Kiny‘t letter
from Galway.
a ji hhhkst or kor.wKoft.
In some ancient monkish' manuscripts
in Franco occurs the following interest
ing story, which has no {dace in tho
Bablc itself, thongh it is in the original
prefixed to the Proverbs of Solomon.
It appears to have Ikkui a great favorite
in the middle ages; and was often re
lated from the pnlpit. A King, in aome
domestic difference with Iris wife, had
Ixs-n told by her that one only of her
three sons was a true offspring, but
which of them was so she refused to dis
cover. Thia gave him much uneasiness;
and, his death soon afterward approach
mg, he calli-d hw children together; and
declared, in tiro presence of witne-soa,
that he left a ring, which had very an
gular properties, to him th it should lie
found to Is- his lawful son, and that i<i>
him, too, should Ix-long hi* kingdom.
On his death a dispute arose about the
ring between the youths—and it was at
li ngth agreed to refer its decision to tlie
King of Jerusalem. Hu immediately
ordered that the dead Ixxiy of his father
should l>e taken up and tied to a tree ;
that each of the sousahtmld shoot an ar
row at it, and that he who penetrated
the div |>eat should have the ring. The
eldest shot first, and tlie allow went far
into Hie Ixaly ; tho second shot, also, and
deeper than the other. The youngest
son stood at a distance and wept bitter
ly ; but tlie King said to him : “ Young
man, take your arrow and shoot aa your
brothers have done." He answered :
" Par ly it from me to commit so great
a enme. I would not for the wh<4e
world disfigure the body. ol my own
father.'* The King said "Without
doubt you are hia son, ami the others
are rlaiDgrlingw ; to you, therefore, I ad
judge the ring."
A voeau amateur inquires if Ito votor
eon be raised with tenig leven lesson*
Pigs and ateplumta are the latest do
suite in men's scarf tAn*.
vssr ro jur mat Tt
nam or.
Oae of tbs plainest rates for tataag
food is that which inaista that we must
find in oar nourishment the substances
of which tho itaulf ia composed.
If we think of it, such a rate is tn strict
conformity with the dictates of common
sense. We are bound to obtain frosa
our food the matter the body lacks ; and
any hxxf, Tiowcver pleaaant io ilio pal
ate, butwhioh dock not contain elcpienta
nafcually- found ro tlie frame, may to
nuheaftatiugly rejected ’ from tlie lists Os
our diutarina. It taUotte, therefor*, tliat
tn know wliaf taods jam. required (or
suatenanoe we muri/ investigate tho
ghemioal compoaitiou of ntir frama. In
Im* way we luatanco, tliat
we are largely composdtbof water. Two
thirds of h kuinaa Ixxly by weight are
ooapoMxl of water. A body weighing
165 jsiuuda will iffslihte in ita l«loug
ings IJO jriruld* of water. Water fur
ther pcimeatos or enter* Mito the cotn -
posititm of evary tissue; heuoe, tlie roa
'tou why thirst is so taach more ttoaful
than hunger is that, while the hitter ia
a oomjtootively local cCmditiou, tlie
former affects the entire frame. And we
also soc the importance of water ns an
article of diet—a phase in which we are
not usually uootutomed to regard it. If
we take even the most cursory survey of
our bodily composition, w* find tliat our
chemical structure taos the most motley
anfl varied description. Thus wu shall
tiud a large selection of minerals in our
ttomo*; linn, magneata, etc., in our
bones ; common salt in our stomach and
elsewhere ; iron m our blood ; and pbo*-
plioru* in brain end nerve. Then, com
ing to onr soft Jiarts, we find that these
may be dividod into what physiologist*
call th* nitrogenous and non-nitrogun
oua oomjxiumls. Os these, the former
contain the element nitrogen iu addition
to other elumcnta, while the latter want
this element. Thus the "albuminous''
or whlte-of-egg-like substance* existing
in our frames contain nitrogen ; while
the fata of the Ixxly and th* sugars ami
starchue do not. To those latter
may add water ami minerals, ax also non
nitrogenous in their nature. When wo
eat a piece of beef, »« are receiving
" nitrogenous" fixxl iu its juice and in
its filler*; sad wu ap< also obtaining the
other variety of foods from it* water, its
fats, and its mineral matter* which arc
not nitrogenous m tlietr 'comjxaitiou.
[f wo cat an egg, wii'are pieseuted with
u more perfect comjxiund and uniou of
the two classes of foods ; for in on egg
water, fats, and-minerals are pre-ent, in
addition to the white and other porta
which consist largely of albumen or
iritwigenona matter. It is perfectly
etear, therefore, that for health wu r*-
quiretaxntxturtfof the two kinds of foods
just mentioned.
A HALKT IIOKHK.
A Camilla paper gives room to the fol
lowing curious mode of dealing with a
balky horse : I would prepare myself
with a good strap—l want no whip;
perhaps he ha* got a good taste of tliat
already, arid still to is master. But
some day, when I was at peace with my
self and *ll around, I would hitch hirn
Ui the Imggy, turning hi* head te the
village. He goes half the way very well
in doe-1; then h« liegina to think ho has
gone far enough in that direction, and
stops. I ate) > down ; he expect* mo to
use tho whip; he is mistaken. A* a
criminal, I treat him on tlie alient sys
tem. I pnah him l>ack a littte out of
the way. I show him the strap, patting
it up to his nose. Igo to the off side
sad testate life his loss Igg, ctese up to
Ms breast, tlMWing th* over
his ahvijfler; I then raise tustioar foot
and fix tt with the hoof tlmost rom-hing
tb« holly. Thia dene, Isay,’! Now, old
chap, you just stand Ihara." I don’t
amok*, so I take a paper from my
pocket, and finding a place wHcre I con
■it down, and h« sec me, I liegui to read.
Tfn* is something he did mH bargain for,
and the novelty of standing on throe legs
somewhat diverts hia mind from the
cauae that stopped him. I think that is
the chief point gained, and the most
humane. When the strap is taken off I
■how it to him, cares* him a little, and
we move on without irritation. The
strap will now become a part of tlie har
nsa* for a month or two, till at last tb*
sight of it will act aa a talisman.
(hxvs Ixkixm has a friend who lived
in Cuba, who used to observe some grand
ladies dnvmg out every afternoon with
flrrwers in their hair, diamonds on their
necks, anil the volant* fnil of the flounces
'of their profusely-trimmed silks. One
day tho vehicle ujmet ami spilled th"
great ladies, when it waa discovered that
they had on neither an>x?» nor stock
ing*.
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(TIIS»tl»«»r
>■ savaacic
NUxMBEK 11.
xu»jr*a a»d mermarr.
A prominent Amenoaa *tata*ma*.
•eya ths London Gtato, was satai to taka
* pride in always knocking at toy doer
within Which be had an engagemrat
precisely with the first stroke of the
cluck or with the very tick of hi* watoti.
Perhaps if that wouilrvu* wiae state*
mu bad taken th* trouble to "tot up"
■ll the odds and end* of time he moat
have wasted iu •souring that pettifog
ging precision he would have found that,
whatever he might have done for other
people's time, hshad reaUy beenaa waste
ful of hia own as th* veriest sloven in
this way may be supposed to be on the
•homing of very exemplary people— as
waataJhl, for inatanoe, a* Lonl Palmers
ton. who was known to drop in to a pub
lic dinner four hours after the apjxnnti-d
finis. ’ . nr- ,
When Boeville gave hia fashionable
dinner* in Welbeck street the guest*
were always given to tmderstahd that
time must to otovrvixl to thu minute,
and that ff they were not there dinner
must proceed without them. It was not
often that folks caniu tate, ter most peo
l*k> cun to punctual when they know it
is expected of them. On one occasion,
however, it happened to to the Astrono
mer royal who oama in a half minute or
so behind the appointed dinner hour,
and found tlie guests coming down the
staircase to the dining-room. " I trust,
Mr. Friend," said the boat in greeting
him, " tliat in future you will bear in
nund we don’t reckon time here by the
meridian of Greenwich but by the me
ridian of Wollieck street.” Tliat sort of
thing may all to very well when it is
clearly underatoixl that, in auctioneers'
phraseology, it u to to dinner time,
" prompt," but it is not every host who
can muster the hardihood for such rig
idity, even though their guests may not
to astronomers royal. Most people
would agree with Dr. Johnson in his
well-known dictum on the point
" Ought six people to to kept waiting
for one?” askod Boswell, who wis him
-scU ishnsil to proceed without one lag
gard. ”Why, y<M,"said Johnson, "if
the one will suffer more by your sitting
down than the six will by waiting.”
Ok* cannot wonder if Rtuudan mag
nate* nre afflicted with dynamite on the
brain, Ixit it seem* odd that the craze
■hould spread so far a* to infect quiet
Engbsli gentlemen who live at home in
ease. Yet one of the nig-wig* of the
■emi-auburlian town of Croydon had a
■harp attack of the malady, oauaed by
m> fee* an occurrence than the delivery
at hi* door of a locked casli-tox. Neither
he nor any of his family hail ordered
•udi an articte, and he at once *u*pect
ed a plot to destroy not only himself but
lus belongings, so he conveyed tlie lx>x
with unheard-of prerention* to the local
polios station. Thomen in blue of
course oonourreil in his view, and with
equal cere took it to s neighlxiring iron
monger, who strung it up on a scaffold
polo and oj<ened it in some mysterionsly
deliaate manner. The cash-box proved
to to quite empty, and had merely been
left by the übiquitous shop-boy at ths
wrong house I
■JSIIM AMD AMAVnu.
The idea that shaving is * duty is
older than the invention of steel or even
of bronae razors. Nothing is more re
markable in savage life tlian the resolu
tion cf tho braves, who ahavo with A
■toll or with a broken piece of glass left
bv mariners. A warrior will throw him
sulf ujxm tho ground, and, while one
Inland bvjdx his arms and prevents him
from riruggluig, another will scrape hi*
chin with the shell, or with the broken
tot tie, tiD,he rise* bleeding but toardle**.
Mscauley must have shaved almost as
badly witli the razor of modern life, and
when he went to a liartor, and, after an
•any shave, askbd what he owed, the fel
low, afraid of charging too little, re
plied :
"Just what yon generally give the
man that shaves you, kjr.”
"I generally give him two cuta on
each cheek." said the historian. _____
anvTK. \
A man who is tho husband of a very
fseliKmablti and talkative wife wa* out
walking with his little girl, when he met
a friend who admired the child very
muob.
"It is a toantiful child," said the
friaml, "and looks vary much like its
mother, particularly about the mouth.”
" Maybe so," responded ths husband
fsther, " but I have nevef seen its mouth
at rest long enough to tall what it looks
like."
Is it any wonder the Distinct Court
docket is loaded down with divorce suit**
—Gah reton Newt.
