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IEAIOXADLE.:
- She wan s school-pirl (rrsdnate,
' With school-gii 1 lined to play ;
She i it faer shet-p-Hkiu and s great
Bin 6 "-cent boquet.
When she went home ber dear mamma
Met ber with a pleasant look,
Auil id. "Now, Mary Ann. bile in
Aud take my place as cook.
Bnt TWary Ann ponped up her noss
And said. 'Mfinnw, I wont.
What ! 'ome right out of school and cook !
You bet your nocka I don't."
That anxious, overbearing ma,
Kike any mother shonld,.
Hit niary n- beneath the ear
With a great big slick of wood.
So now that sehool-g'rl graduate,
With pleasure in her eye,
Can coi k a stnk or wash a shirt
Or iraks a dinb-rag fly
Her mother taught her what it was
To lead nwef ul life.
Tbere're forty chaps a rttuning there,
t-ach wantH her for hie cook.
A TALE OF THE JUNIATA.
BY "EDWAItD JAMES."
Practical Marble Worker,
AND DF.tLKR IN
Monments anfl. TosMones,
Winston, N. C.
Write for Price List and Designs
May 9th, 1S7S. .
W. T. VOOLEB,
HR ACTIO AL JEWELER
Winston, N. C,
Main Street, opposite Merchants .Uriel,
R"EIS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
a st-leet assortment of
Fine :inl Vlaled Jewelry,
Of avery kind.
Repairing done and JVork warranted.
January 23, 1S79. " "
SALE AND LIVERY STABLE !
CnUTCEiriKJLD & ST EDM AS
Eacceison to Beck & Jloore,
Winston, 1ST . CD.,
KEEP CONSTANTLY
ON HAND, Caekiao s,
Pii.etos, B uoaia and
Houses for hire.
We also buy and Bell
Horses and BusrKies.
Caoh paid for fred.
Jan. 23, 1879. 6 tf
i T J.BEOWN J. B VATJ&HH
of Brown's W arolome. lats of Vaughn & Prattler
NEW HARDWARE STORE.
' IV e bejrleaveto announce t our friends
and the public that we are now receiving
our stock of
II A It D W ARE,
and will be fully open in a few days.
" W solicit the patronage of all, and will
l prepared to sell all goods in our line
as low 33 can be bought elsewhere.
t ,: Hewing to see and serve all our old
friends and customers.
, We remain, yours respectfully,
Brown & Vaughn.
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will alwars Im mod'rate.' .
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V-: PRESCRIPTIOIT FREE i
e ' rorthespewly (vof 6eniiiial WeaktisH, lost
Kanhood ajul all 4ordern Draught on by iudia..
eretioa or excess. An" Druggist bas the inirre
diento. tMren, IK H.itqiEi Ata,
ISO West Stalk atrcet, ClM-iBsustl. O.
. ...... - -.t tc J-N-A-lr T
It was nihr. One of tlioso dark
gloomy petiods wben the very still
uess ttariles the solitary thinker
and caa-sfM him to conjure tip sights
the most horrible. Awful murders,
fearful tsatediea, bloody assasiua
tions and kiuiireJ scenes rush past
his mental vi.-iou with such painful
rapidity and vividness as to make
him fondly wish for the early ap
proach of dawn, with its cheering,
horror-dispelling light.
. The scene of my sketch id a few
milbS sonthwest of Wayuesburg,
(now McVeytovvn, Peon.,) a small
settlement on he historic Blue Jn
nia4,a stieam justly for the limpid
uess of its waters and the Krfd
and sublime scenery of ihe Valley
thiough which it winds its sinuous
course. The time of the occurrence
d"ats back aloio-t a century ogo
and time, with its changes, has al
most effaced the old laud mai ks,but
euough yet remains to make the
sie refeired to familiar to all read
ers conversant with that portion of
the Junia'a Valley.
In the woods which run down to
the liver stands a heavy log house,
emb'wered iu deep foltage,soon to
be the scene of a most exciting ad
venture. The little rivulet hard by
ripple. oyer . the moss-covered
stouee, making a peculiarly pleas
ing aoie as it liuriies on to jnio
the placid river below just at this
time, however, snb-idicg from the
autumnal floods. Inside the heavy
building all is still as death; no
light can be seen whatever and as
the hours pass on the darkness
seems to become more penetrable
and the stillness more iutense until
rhe suspense is almost unbearable,
when harkl the defying, challeng
ing war-whoop of an Indian rends
the air -and echoes throughout the
distant mountains, chilling the
blood of all who hear it.
Socu all is bustle aud excitement
within and cau'iously the ban el of
a gun through theloop hole, follow
ed by a fl tsh, a report and as the
aound leveibeiates through the
neighboiiug hills uud gleue, the
death shriek of a savage is heard
and odco more the portals pen
aud another dusky spit it enters the
happy hunting giouuds.
Not many iuiuute elapse r.ntil
the house is surrounded by a score
or more of blood thirty wretches
anxious to avenge the death of their
brodier.
A t this stage a short description
or the occupauts of this-beseiged
place is necessary to a proper un
d.i standing of the foeg ing re
marks, and will enable tbe reader
to lorm an idea of the perilous aud
and adveutures of the piimitive
settlers of the Juniata region.
Alexander DePugh lorsuch we
shall call him was an old and ex
perienced hunter, who with, bitf-
family consisting of his wife, son,
aged twenty, aud danghrer, tbe
latter a beautiful girl of eighteen
ummor?, has st-ttled heie because
of its seclusion and its being tbe
ceuterof a good hunting section.
1 On the day upon which our story
opens, young DePngh was out on
a huutiug and fiahiug expedition
and being of a fearless aud ven
turesome nature had wnndeied sev
eral miles from home. About noon,
being veiy much fatigued, he ex
tended Lis tired liuib 021 the leaf
Strewn ground beneath the spread.
iug brunches of a large tree while
he partook of a refreshing lunch.
lie hud not remained in this posi
tion long, however, uutil his train
ed earS wasi greeted with the gruff
voice of a man near by in close
conversation with Another. DePogh
raised himself upon bis elbow aud,
witb an ln'eiJness.boin of experi
ence, lister) tevi to their cauference.
But a few moments satisfied him
that the speakeis were Indian
fECouts and -that, too, from a hostile
party .who were devising plans for
the, capture of- his father's family.
' ryi h stejilthy steps the youog
hunter stole away' fi dm the danger'
bus spot, and not haviug been dis
covered.- made hi way r rapidly
home, reaching t bore just in time
to inform bis unsuspecting family
of the impending peril. He had
been in the house but a short time
when peering into the darkness
through a loop hole he espied a
savage wih a lighted fagot sknlk
ing through the trees toward the
dwelling. Th"s la'ter movement
op the part of the Iodiao, as well
ay the signal shout before spoaen
of. were unusual tor sucn wily ras
calt, lint they were so confident of
victory ihat they forest tneir cun
ning tieachery. The voung man
giasped bis rifle, and running it
through the aperture hed tneshot
which killed th.rascJlv-8cntit and
brought the Indiana . around tbe
building.
Anxious to wreak vengence on
the devoted family for the death of
their companion, the savages com
meuced to lioht fire-brands and
throw them about the house, bnt
these only served to reveal their
loes.
"Ilobert, said the father, "aim
low and be sure of your maik."
With this advice from bis par
ent, the sn ran out bis gun and
fired again with fatal eff ct, as was
announced by nrodeued yebs of
rhe red devils which floated away
on the tilly night air.
Occasional firing was kept up for
a number of hours when suddenly
all became quiet.
The old settler knew that this
ominous s'illness boded him and
bis family uo good and that the
Iudiaus were only waiting for the
light of day to aid them in the de
struction of his family and home.
Arriving nt this conclusion be 01
dered preparations to be made for
an iojDJt'ihute fliuht, if such a thing
was possible. He saw that uuless
they huriitd that daylight would
be upon them, and their escape
would be impossible, indeed the
gray light of dawn was already ap
pearing. This last resoit was de
cided upon alter much mental tor
tut e 10 tbe anxious parents.
loiiee to tbe nvur was thought
the btbt plan, but ah! what dangers
attend it!
The red fiends were watching
every point of exrt, but when the
hunter built Ins house he had run
a kind 01 subterranean passage
from the cellar several hundred
feet toward the river (in anticipa
tion ot such an exigency as this one)
and it was thought by following
this to the end they could reach the
river and their canoes and from
thence get to the settlement below.
Haviug secured their most piec-
ious relics, the whole family com"
uienced their dangerous retieat.
The end of tl-e passage was gained
iu fcalety, and they were making
their way throngh the ucdei brush
to the river, silently congratulating
tbem&c-ives upon their escape.wheu
a savage yell at no great distance
warned them that they were dis
covered.
Kow was the supreme moment,
Iu a tew seconds the whole bandol
blood-thirsty dtmona would be
upon them.
The. poor man knew now that
uuless be leached the river all
would be lost. Summing up bis
gieat strength, Le caught his wife
up iu bis utms, while Egbert lifted
his sister aud both ran toward the
canoes
The Indiana came rushing ou,
yelling liko fiends incarnate, yet
happily they weie Several hundred
yards in the rear.
The race of life and death was
continued in this in inner for some
miuutes, but the lather saw that
unless they made an extra dash
they would 1 all victims to their
foes.
A few more seconds and the
boats would be.ieacued. Could
they hold out ? they . aaked them
selves. Father and son did nobly and
as tbey rcshed ou trie views in
their facer, etood out liko whip
coida and the perspira'iou rolled
from their heated brows in , great
drops. , ..,
The Indians were gaining upon
them perceptibly, but the tiied
hunter makes a , Herculean effort,
while hia eon follows closely after
with his charge and widi a desper
ate strain the canoes are reached.
- The women are laid iu the bot
tom of , tlie boats f to shield them
from the arrows of the savages and
witb the father iu one and the son
in the other ttie canoes are paddled
rapidly out iu.o the stream just
in time to escape a shower of ar
rows which go whistling harmless
ly overhead I ' " '
; The bafliod Indians stand alocg
tlie shore vent log their itage iu
fearful blood-jnrdliurj, yells ;that
echo and le-ccho along the dietaut
bills t-i'- ;7 7 5-9
V'AH dangers was not yet over.for
several Indians was eetn ruuniug
along the shore, with the intention
evidenllv of getting on a projectisg
point of land below, where they
could each tbe fugitives with their
arrows when they passed in their
boats. '
Fortunately the river was higher
than usual, but though! the escap-
iug lamiiv.uept aloug the eastern
shore they fe't "they conld hardly
pass the point ' above mentioned
alive and were almost ready to give
up in dispair when they w6ie en
conraeed by;a lond ringing cheer.
LiOOking; up the river they de
scried a large party of hunters ap
proaching in .their .boats aud tbe
imperilled family k Dew they were
saved
The redskins quickly disappear
ed in the woods and were subse
quently nearly all killed or cap
turcd.
The brave hunter and his family,
together with the other boats one
of which contained tbe handsome
person of Frank Mutlust, tbe fa-
vored suitor of Rose, the settler s
beautiful Janghter Fulled for tbe
Wavno-burg settlement, where they
arrived a few hours later iu safety
As the Indians bad become some
what troublesome in that region
the family remained in town for
some mou'hs.
Iu the war with the redskins
which followed soon after the
events narrated above, Robert who
was o fine looking young man, en
listed and being a brave soldier
soan rose from the ranks to be an
officer of distinction. Hose, who
was the lovliest gitl in all that re
gion, acquired in the oft repeated
request of her brave and gallant
lover, Col. Frank Murlust, aud on
Chiistmas day, just four month
after hey perilous escape from the
Indians, was m trried, and lived
many years after, ever the joy and
light of ber husband's home.
Her father aud mother, pleased
with their daughter's choice, lived
uear her on tbe site of their old
home, which was destroyed by the
murderiug savages.
Night Life of Young Men.
One night often destroys a whole
lite. The leakage of the night
keeps the day forever empty.
Night is sin's harvesting time.
More sin and crime are committed
in one night than in all the days of
the week. This is more emphati
cally tiue of the city than of the
country. The street lamp?, liko a
tile of soldiers with torch in hand,
6tretch away in long lines on either
side walk; the gay-colored trans
parencies are ablaze with attract
ions; the saloon and billiard halls
are brilliantly illuminated ; music
sends forth its enchantment ; the
gay company begin to gather to
the haunts and houses of pleasure ;
the gambling dons are aflame with
palatial splendor; the theaters are
wide open ; the mills of destruction
are grinding health, honor, happi
ness, hope out of thousands of lives.
The city under the gaslight is not
the same as under God's sunlight.
The allurements and perils and
pitfalls ot night are a hundred-told
deeper and darker and more dee-
structivc. Night life in our cities
is a dark problem, whose' depth
and abysses and whirlpools uiakn
us start back with horror. All
night long tears are falling, blood
is streaming.
Young men, tell me how and
where j'ou spend your evenings,
ai.d I will write ont the chart o'
your character and final destiny,
with blanks to insert your names.
It seems to me an appropriate text
would be, 'Watchman, what ot the
night?" Policeman pacing the
beat, what of the night? "What
are the young men of the city
doing at night ? Where do they
spend their evenings? Who .are
their associates ? What arc their
habits ? Where do t hoy go in, and
what time do you eeethem conic
out ? Policeman, woulo the night
lile of young men commend thetn
to the confidence of their employ
ers? Would it be to their credit?
Make a record of the nights of
one wee tc. 1 ut in the morning
paper the names of all the young
men, their habits and hannts, that
are on the street for sinful pleasure.
Would , there. , not be . shame and
confession ? Some would not dare
to go to their places of busHiofs ;
some would return homo at night ;
8otno would leave the city ; some
would commit 6iiicido. Remember,
young men, that in the retina of
the all-seeing Eye there is nothing
hid but ehall be ' revealed oh the
ilaj.Bajjiisi Weelly. '' '. c;
this
the
the
the
The small boy now holds him
self -together at the equator in ac
knowledgment ot the subtle power
of tbo green apple, ; ; , r .,
Tne Boot
The obstinate survival of the hn
man boot has been a subject of
amazement to the student of social
customs. At the wresent moment.
J while the thermometer is atncnsr
the nrncties, and Manitoba is scud
ing hot waves in all directions,
thousands of comparatively intel
ligent men are wearing boots that
heat their feet and legs cruelly and
unnecessarily. They wear boots
merely because previous genera
tions ot met. living under peculiar
conditions found boots useful. This
is the dullest and most inexcusable
kind of conservatism.
The boot was originally an out
side article of dress. In earlier
days Europe was terribly muddy,
and trousers and stockinge were
costly. The male European, there
fore, wore boots with enormously
long legs. By this means ho pro
tected his lawer garments from
mud and kept his feet comparative
ly dry. With the progress ot civi
lization the mud of Europe dried
up. Weather bureaus were estab
lished which continually prophesied
areas ot rain and frequent local
showers. Of course, these never
maae tneir appearance, and one
necessity, of mud was therefore
wanting. Street pavements became
common, and street-sweepers oc
casionally swept them clean. In
these circnmstanccs boots ceased to
be either necessary or useful, but
the conservative European mind
was unable to abandon them. In
stead ot wearing boots outside of
their trousers, the Europeans drew
their trousers over their boot-legs.
This was an open confession that
boots were useless, and that all the
wants of the human foot could be
met by 6hoes, The boot-leg sur
vived merely because of the stupid
conservatism ot its wearers, and
should the climate of Europe ever
become so hot that overcoats would
lose their reason for being, we
might expect to see that respect
able conservative wearing his over
coat under his shirt.
In the civilized parts, of
country the boot is worn for
same reason that it is worn on
other side of the Atlantic. In
far We&t, where rattlesnakes
abound, and where paved streets
arc unknown, the boot iulhls its
normal purpose, and is worn out
side of the tronsers. Elsewhere,
however, it is merely an illustra
tion ot human folly, and there is
not the slightest excuse for its
existence.
There are certain classes which
have an immoral interest in pre
serving the popularity of boots.
The shoe-maker always prefers to
make a boot rather than a shoe,
because ic takes more leather, and
hence a higher price can be
charged for it. He knows perfect
ly well that the leather nsed in
manufacturing a boot leg will be
of no possible use to the purchaser,
but what does ho care tor that,
provided he can make out a bill
for a pair of Ajoots ? Then, the
doctors are advocates of boot
wearing. They know that the
practice of casing the legs and feet
with air-tight leather in hot
weather is au excellent plan for
overheating the blood and inducing
sim stroke and other diseases. We
need not wonder, therefore, that
unprincipled doctors, anxious only
to gain patients, earnestly advise
everybody to wear boots, and tiiat
more conscientious doctors scrupu
lously avoid saying anything that
might cast suspicion upon boots
tf mally, there are the temperance
lecturers, who know that boot-lege
aff jrd u refuge for the imaginary
snakes of delirons drunkards, and
who encourage the wearing of
boots in the hope that 'drunkards
may thereby be terrified into re
pentance and reformation. In fact,
boots are among the efficient aids
of the temperance cause, and were
our drunkards to universally wear
shoes, they would never be driven
to temporary reformation by the
visit of alcohol'c reptiles.
In the Western States there
lingers; according to ' the local
prcs?, a curious custom which ? in
volves' the wearing of boots by
fathers of marriageable girls. It
appears that when a young man
visits a yonn woman with the in
tention of nltiiiiately making her
hi3i Wifey the girl's father rushes
upon him, and with his right boot
nrgeB' him to tight. 1 This ?s doubt
less a survival of a custom 6till
prevailing among certain barbarons
tribes, in accordance with which a
lover is expected to kidnap his ' in-
tcuded win?, and her father id cx-
pocted to pursue him, and, if pos
sible, to chastise him. However
: this may be, no one can read the
Western newspapers without meet
ing constant allusions to the wrath
ful parental boot and flvinar lover.
The existence of tit's remarkable
custom necessarily requires that
fathers of marriageable girls should
wear boots. That 'young men
should wear them by no means
follows, and there 13 no doubt that
were Western lovers to wear only
light slices, their chances of escap
ing the pursuit of the boot-clad
father would be materially increas
ed. Woman long since emancipated
herself from boots. It is true that
6he wears a variety of shoe to
which 6he unwarrantably gives the
name of boot, but it has nothing in
common with the gross and brutal
boot of man. Of late years sensible
men have not disdained to imitate
the female buttoned boot, and
have found that in all respects it
answers its purpose. It covers the
foot and and ankle and affords am
ple protection against the cold. AU
the finer feelings of our nature
would revolt at the thought of in
casing our women in the masculine
boot, and we look with horror on
the occasional strong-minded wo
man who ventures in the Winter
days to put on a pair of rubber
boots. This fact ought to call the
attention of men to the indefensi
ble nature of their own boote, and
they should pull off the leather
boots from their own les before
venturing to pull off the rubber
boots of their strong-minded sis
ters. It has been maintained with
mnch plausibility that the black
silk hat is the highest development
of human idiocy. This is probably
true, for the black hat has not the
excuse of ever having been useful
or justifiable. While in behalf ot
the boot it can be urged that it
once had its uses, its retention in
civilized communities is at least as
preposterous as the continued wear
ing ot the black hat, and the day
is coming when both will be dis
carded, except by professional idiots
and tramps lost to all self-respect.
N. 1 Times.
The Marriage of Great Men.
Robert Burns married a farm
girl, with whom he fell in love
while they worked together in a
plowed field.
Milton married the daughter of
a country squire, and lived with
her but a short time. He was an
austere literary recluse, while Ehe
was a rosy romping country lass,
who conld not endure the restraint
imposed upon her ; so they separ
ated. Subsequently, however, she
returned, and they lived tolerably
happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Al
bert were cousins, a rare example
in the long line of English mon
archs, wherein the marital vows
were sacredly observed and sincere
afleetion existed.
Shakespeare loved and wedded a
farmer's daughter.
Washington ncarricd a woman
with two children. It is enough
to say she was worthy ot him, and
they lived in perfect harmony with
each other.
John Adams married the dangh
tcr of a Presbyterian clergyman
Iler father objected on account ot
John being a lawyer.
John Howard, the great philan
thropist, married his nurse. She
was altogether beneath linn in
social life and intellectual capacity,
and, besides this was fifty-two years
old while he was but tweiity-fiye.
He wouldn't take 'No' for an ans
wer, and thev were married and
lived happily until she died, which
occurred two years afteward.
Peter the Great, of Russia, mar
ried a peasant. She made an ex
cellent wife and a sagacious em
press.
Humboldt married a poor girl
because he loved her. Of course
they were happy.
It is not genially known that
Andrew Jackson married a lady
who6c husband was still living.
She was an amiable woman, and
was most-devotedly attached to the
old warrior anel statesman.
A leading newspaper of the day says;
One of the Congressional eulogies
upon, departed members once brought
considerable ridicule upon its author
bccanse,of his remarking of the eulogiz
ed, that ''his gentlemanly spirit ascended
to the bosom of its Maker the sufiV
cient explanation however. Was tlvak
the reporter was misled by an imperfect
nttciance, and that the words were "gen
tle, manly spirit." The accepted use of
these wprds being what ft is the distinc
tion marked by interposing the comma
was important ; but really it is, or should
Te a distinction without a difference
For it ought to be so well recognized
as to be shown .by. every-day words
that gentleness of manner is a part of
manliness in character. Is there a better
type in history of "the grand old nam
of gent'.eman" than Philip Sidney, whose,
last act was one of gentleness and gen
erosity ? The most powerful forces in
nature are the quietest ; the men of ac
tion and deeds aro the mildest in their
manners ; the most perfect courtesy has
always been associated with the most
knigthly valor. Tbe hand of iroa goes
with the glove of velvet ; the famous
blade that could cleave an iron bar
would cut a silken scarf if drawn throngh
a fold of it, aud. if this is legend, it still
expresses the idea. Quietness and re
serve in demeanor, tender consideration
for others, gentleness throughout-these
are qualities which always consort with
courage, and there is no real manlinesa
without them ; on the other hand, the
bragging, bellowing fellow, who elbows
his way without regard for others, and
lets the weaker take their own chance
of getting out of his way, is sure jto
prove an arrai.t coward when the test
comes. In re tlity the man is the gen
tleman ; one is the other ; gentleness
is a part of imanliuess; noth
ing can separate them. The gen
tleman is not born so by being the latest
of a line, or by inheriting wealth that
conveys the privilege of idleness ; he is
horn by receiving the manly character
or becomes such by cultivating it for
himself. Our too common use of the
word Is a perversion of it to earthy uses,
as indicating one does not work for his
living or as being a label to warrant its
wearer as having become the possessor
of an accomplished deportment. No
body could see anything ridicuous in
"a gentlemanly spirit" leaving earth
were not the origiual meaning of the
two words smothered in a conception
of a bowing, outwardly polite o image
of persoiva mere Turveydrop of surface.
Chester A. Authur.
The sting of the ticket lies in the
tail. The Ilepublicau party has too
many meu of Vice Presidential
calibre t bo put off with the nomi
nation of a Chester A. Authur.
That gentlemen has been prouii
ueut iu the polities of the country
for some years, but not in any en
viable way. Pel haps no tfname
known to a newspaper readers, ex
cept that of Mr. Cornell, calls up
so readily and so offensively the
u'e i of the machine which has dis
graced tbe llepubiicaa party in
New Yoik and served as a text for
the denunciation of civil service
reformers all over thecountry. Gen.
Authur is a machine politician in
almost every sense of the word,
and to the extent of his ability he
has set up as a boss, subject ouly
to the oiders of his bosses,wlioie
Coukliug and h"i3 lieutenant, Cor
nell. It caunot be forgotten that
this candidate for Vice-President
has served in thiscapacity.and that
iu this capacity he boldly violated
his obligations to conduct in the
public interest a Federal office en
trusted to bis keeping. His pros
titution if the civil service to par
tiztu tnls went, in fact, to such a
length that a llepnblicau adminis
tration was obliged to take notice
of it and cull him to account. Nor
did his partizan viiulence stop
there, for he took issue with the
administration, defied its authority
and was foremost ia the battle for
the spoils i-ysietu, which was one of
the most notable events in the early
history of the llayea administra
tion. I will not edify honest lie
publicans to read what Secretary
Sherman said of Mr. Authur and
his associates in support of the at.
tempt to remove him. In put'iug
such a man on tbe ticket, without
any regard to bis general lack of
qualifications f Jr so important an
orb.ee, the convention humbled it"
self in the dust at the feet of tbe
boss of bosses, and gave him a
sweet revenge upon tbe influences
which combined to defeat tbe third
term conspiracy. Ilatmony is dear
ly bought at such a price. 1 hiUl'
adelphia Times.,
When John Monigrip's wife
asks for a dollar or tvt for ennent
demands, he 6miles sweetly,' n he
says, "True love seeks n6 change
ti
" : Man' must be disappointed with
the keser things of life before he
can comprehend the full value of
, me greater, r. .
, "Mother, what is an angel ?"
"An angel ? Well, an angel is a
being that flies."
. "But, mother, why does .papa
always call my t governess an an
gel ?"
"Well," explained the mother,
after a moment's pause, "slie'g
going to fly immediately,"
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