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J. :Mfti!RTOII, Editor and Proprietor, MORGAKTON TURDAY. MAfiCH 5, 1881. VOL. VI. -NO 2. r T . N. G, Si 2ere exceedingly fine a linen card, thin, etrong and' dfehoate, and nice tohandia P S.01 uoportea ards were from Engh.h;nianufactnjer as they "are to-day. Engh cardB excel beauty of rthar taxed geometricaf ;wkub-iot uxar Dacats beim? ornament! with fine colors and fcfldidg taah extent vtsrwmjwuacieAmrkMmartiol. u"',ip;yuwQ oinrnamentetaod seems to have alwavs been a sneeiaUrrjnfh us. i English makers, and alone, or in con nection with the heavy duties, appear to jwarrant the price" asked for.them about double that Of American cards, the latter being even a better article. ! But, as has teen hinted, "of late years sgreat progress hag been made in the manufacture of playing cards in this joountry, until at present no better goods lean be found in any market than are af forded by United States makers. .. The modern, round-cornered card of the pres ent makes is a vast improvement over tho old style square-cornered affair; and the manipulation of stock in their make-np results in an article possessing all the at tributes ! considered desirable by card players. "The English manufacturers have been trying to copy the results at tained in American round-cornered cards by "dieingout" the stock; but in this effort they failed signally, since the card cannot be cut in that way without fatally injuring its edges, and quality. Conse quently a couple of card-cutting machines have been sent to England from this country, and, by the use of Yankee (or Jewish) methods, no doubt our cousins will achieve better success. Boston Herald. .. j A French Woman's Talor. Visitors to Paris cannot fail to have seen in the great central market an old woman seated behind a goodly array of cabbages and cauliflowers, wearing the Order of the Legion of Honor on her breast Her name is Annette Drevon, and her history is a remarkable one. In her younger days she was cantiniere in a regiment of Zouaves Who served in Africa, in the Crimea, in Italy, and on the banks of the Bhine. She was pres ent at the taking of Magenta, and during that melee saw a couple of Austrian sol diers lay hands on .toe flag of the regi ment to which she belonged. Undeter red by the whistling of the bullets, the jcourngeotolreneL woran; rushed forwarit L uj save me liav. gjuiPU uuu 1 a wounded the other with her revolver, and returned triumphant with the standard she had saved from the enemy. For this 'act of courage she was decorated; but it lis not her only one. During the Franco Prussian war she followed the Thirty second Regiment of the Line as canti- mere, une day alter tne. armistice naa been proclaimed, she was insulted by a Bavarian soldier, near the gates of Thion ville. The pluckv cantmiere drew out I her revolver and stretched the aggressor deed on the ground. For this she was rre8ted, tried' by a court martial Bitting at Metz, and condemned to death, un the day she was to be executed Prince Frederick Charles happened to be passing through Metz. Having learned that a woman was to be shot, he inquired into the circumstances, granted her a respite, and four days later sent her back to France, pardoned. " Since then Annette has established herself as a market wo' man, and, aided by a pension allowed her by the State, manages' to live, as she is : proud of saying, indetfcndently. Man's Self-importance. Mrs. Jameson, in more instances than one, shows her belief in self-importance linr man's Drime Quality. Here is one innr that hre&thes a hard spirit. "Per onal Vanity in a man is sheer, unmiti- cated ecotism. and an umaiung suujeu of ridicule and contempt with all women, be they wise orioolish." , The Countess was almost as wise a ab w&a hahasome.'haB left r few-out- spoken opinions, ,of which one is that 'SeH-To88e8Mdn'and' ffignity ought to oharActflrizn a man of birth and genius-, and a poet should neither be gay nor flionanO' Here is a stinger: "Men can pity the wrongs inflicted by other men on the gentler sex but never thdse which tLmMlfAi' Inflict on women. Though the following would apply equally well t to womea it is woith re membering as' showing that to a delicate- minded woman tne man wno pnaes mm self on beinc a bear,; growling out un nal&t&ble truths . at. every breath,, is. not considered tfie pleasanlest of compan ions: "Tour plain-speakmg men, says the Countess, "are usually either of ob tns intellect or of ill-natured disposi tions, wounding the feelings of s others from want ofwdelicacy of mind, and, sen riWiKfri. jol ticm .-intentional malic. " The Countess trrows concise, and in say ing that a wotnanV head i ahravs influ enced bv ner hearC and "a man's heart is always influenced by his head,' utters an epigram worthy of Pope. In the same epigrammatic mood must this have been conwsifeai:0rea meu: direct the events of their times, wise men take ad vantage of them; weak men are borne down by them." Elsewhere she says: "In Abe society Cpeteosjs of mediocrity of intellect -w clever -taa-wSl -appeal' t have less spirit than those around him who possess the least, beeanse he is dia- nliuvwl in their companv." It is notwnal-we earn, but whal we save, which makes us rich. It is not what we eat, but what we digest, that makes us strong. It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do, that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a- life long struggle that makes us valiant and luocesafui. . ' V - ' 7T- ; - OUB TTJSG FOLKS. DOS. Thta liWtt, do of dop.; -r, Just m Mgks ara juperior , To buzzanUaak tribe interior. . Has a abp 1ad-s beaotv And to prats bin sterna dal v, But Jt mIi mj pm to Hwm rf,, W ben aU firtoe I voald ante, At, "Don! eon beta, sod bend your bead now, Let ai tevyoar best eU-brtd bow!" w u inere over meb a era tare? Common tense In ererr lea tare! "Don ! rite op sod look aroqnd youP W-n0?jd7 W9 found you. . . Bell him f'jirelV pt my wwS. atL Tbat'a a notloa too absard,uvj Would I sen-ottr little Ally, Barter Tom. demote of Sally, Think yon I'd ne.iurt-J-For my wife, at any rateT 8eD oar Don! you're rarely joking, And 'tis inn if as you're puking! Twenty voyages we're tried, str, Bleeping, waking, aide by kide, sir. An Don I will not divide, sir; He's my friend, that's why I lore him, And no mortal dog's above him? He prefers a life aquatic, But never dog was leas dogmatic. Yesrs ago, when I was master Of a tigrt brig called the Castor, Don and I were bound for Cadiz, With the loveliest o( the ladies And her boy a stalwart, hearty, if0'"", one-year infant party, Full ot childhood's myrUdgraoei, Bubbling sunshine in oar faces As we bowled along so steady, Half way home, or more already. How the sailor loved onr darlingl -No more awearing, no more anarling; On their backs, when not on duty, Roond tbey bore the blue-eyed beauty Singing, shouting, leaping, prancing, All the crew took turns in dancing; Every tar played Punchinello With the pretty laughing lellow; Even the second-mate gave sly winki At the noisy mid-day high jinka. . Never was a crew so happy With aeurly-headed chappy, Never were such sports gigantic, Never dog with joy more antic While thus Jolly, all together, , There blew up a change of weather. Nothing stormy, but quite breezy, And tbe wind grew damp and whVzr, Like a gale in too low spirits To not forth one-half Its merits. But, perchance, a dry-land ranger Might suspect some kind of danger. Soon onr stanch aod gallant vessel With the waves began to wrestle. And to jump about a trifle. Sometimes kicking, like a rifle hen 'tis slightly overloaded. But by no means nigh exploded. 'Twas the coming on of twilight, s we stood abaft tbe skylight . Scampering round to please the baby,' (Old BUI Benson held hire, maybe), When the youngmr stretched his fingers Toward the spot where annset lingers. And with strong and sudden motion Leaped into the weltering ocean 1 He ipfanfiiWa press-sir; Seized the infant's little dress, air, Held tne baby's head up boldly From the waves that rushed S3 coldly ; And in just about a minute Our boat had them safe within it. Seflbiml Would you sell your brother T ' Don and I love one another. J. T. FUUU. in Youth's Companion. MILLY'S RUNAWAY. Oh! Aunt Milly. Tell us something that happened when you were a little girl," said Jamie Williams, as he threw hizLTelf down on the carpet, before the glowing coals, which both warmed kh! llgllteU. lllO piCMKStVUfc . BMUUjj-lWUUl. "Yes, said Mabel, "something that happened ever and ever so long ago, when you were about as big as l am, and the blue eyes looked up lovingly. It was an evening in early fall, when careful mothers call their children in out of the damp, chilly twilight, and the restless feet and thoughtless heads find it hard work to fall into the traces of school-life and the quiet evening games seem dull indeed, after the merry out-of- door romps, of the long summer days. On each evening, Aunt Milly volun teered to tell the ohildren -a story, while the little mother cleared away the sup per, and made preparations for break fast. "Well' said Auntie, musingly, "did I ever tell you, about the time a great, big horse ran away with me?" "Oh, no, no;" exclaimed the children, "tell ue about it, do, please." The visit of this untie was - regarded -as a great treat by the children; she had the knack of story-telling, and was always ready to bring forth stories, new or old, from hpr treasure house of facts and fan?os. "Well," she continued, "it was when your grandpa was living at C , and kept a pony which ' I was used to ndmg arwmd the yard, though I . was thought tod young to be trusted in the street. " Esther had taken pains to teach me at home1, and almost my Aret experience at school was upstairs with the old scholars. I was ten years old, but very small of my age and frail-looking. Two or three young ladies ode in from toe country, a mile or two, every afternoon for a recitation in Latin. As I was an especial pet with them, I asked one of them one day it l nugn noe arouuuujc yard at recess. She answered, 'Yes, of course, without a thought of any dan- UYhtt auntie," asked iu061 Wltu wide tpen eyes, "lou ride a strange nnnv Wpith t VOU airaiCK 2iot a bit, laugned aunwe. ak . ..... r ,i a! 1 1 a days before, when our old euie naa ne friffhfoned. and jumped so quickly as to throw me on, I prcKea-myseu up from the midst of the natch ot burciocKS, whpre T had fallen" and took another rirlA bnrrlvkR and alL" i ; f-VlTrirrah for auntie. ? said Jamie, " I wish I had you for a playmate, xou oonld climb trees Til warrant, and wouldn't have been so afraid as Mabel is. when X want her to romp in the barn withme." ' . . , . Li " Yes. I was a sad romp." said auntie. "but as I was such a delicate child. mother allowed me to play as hard as pleased, and to this freedom I owe my good health. My favorite play-house was under the shade of a tree, on the top of the leanto of the house, which was 6o nearly flat, there was little danger of my 1 failing off." "Oh, Aunt Mfflie!" and Mabel drew a long breath, "how could you." Auntie stroked the brown hair as she continued: " The school-house was clear across the play-ground, which was fenced in. This particular afternoon the gate had been left open. As I seated myself on the saddle for a ride around the yard, a large boy, almost a young man in fact, mounted the other pony. Seeing this, the boys all at once commenced to yelL mor like wild Indians than civilized white boys," and she smiled roguishly atJimie. Recollections of a certain noisy game of the forenoon, made Jamie Hush, but he laughed, too, and said: "Well, auntie, what is a fellow to do? The noise just hollered itself. " Auntie drew the plump fingers into her own, and petting them affectionately, went on: "At the first scream, the horse pricked up her ears, and at the second started for the gate on a run. .The little hands holding the bridle were powerless to hold the fright ened creature. On, on faster and wat er, she sped with her frail burden, still clinging to the reins. "After running in this way about a mile, I thought of the lane which led. to the house, and felt certain in turning the charp comer at such a pace, I could not hold on, and then looking up, I saw the house of Mr. Shaw near by. This was the home of my dearest friend, and a place familiar also to the runaway horse. It was the work of an instant to turn the horse's head towards the gate, and the horse when she found herself to tbe old hitchlng-post stopped!" Jamie's grey eyes had Been growing bigger and bigger, and now with a sigh of relief, he exclaimed, "What did you do next?" ' " Oh!" answered auntie, "when the horse stopped and I realized that I was saved, I began to tremble a little. In a few mihtes the young man, Henry Ad ams, rode up. He had started as soon as he found my horse was running away with me, but could not catch me. His pony could not run as fast as mine. I Wdn that race fairly," and auntie smiled on the two. eager faces. "I-began to feel weak and faint and rather afraid of tbe runaway, so Henry let me ride his horse home, and took the one I had him self. , "When nearly home we met father coming on old Nellie. Some one had told him of the runaway, and he was nearly M-b rWj,- you," asked MabeL "No, I believe not," said Aunt Milly. "I limped a little, for two or three months, but was not cured of my passion for horseback riding. Since then I have had many horseback rides, but never a runaway." The mother coming in with the lamp, auntie took up her sewing, and with a kiss of thanks, the little folks turned to their school-books for a little while, be fore seeking dreamland. Interior. Gen. Sam Houston's Bomance. Born in Virginia in 1793, left an or phan in boyhood, Sam - Houston went with his mother to Tennessee, where he supported her with his own industry, thus early learning family loyalty. In 1813, at the age of 20, he enlisted under Gen. Jackson in the Creek war, and for his repeated deeds of gallantry he so gained the esteem of Jackson that he urged him to remain permanently in the army. Resigning, however, and study ing law in Nashville, he rose from office to office, and in 1823, at the age of 80, he was elected to Congress, and then again in 1827 was elected Governor of Tennessee. Up to this time Houston was unmarried. Universally admired, and urged by associates to form an alli ance, which seemed essential to nis star firm a. vonnor ladv of beautv and accom plishments was commended to him by familv influence. Ills proposal oi mar riage was accepted, and late'in 1828 the marriage ceremony was performed with unusual pomp. The next day Houston resicrned his omce. crossed the missis- 1PIH "J"-? iu .A TU, 11 1 Oft wrote from tne agency ot ti ona. iuero- keeauamtancTtStter.I dent Jackson which called forth his let- kT of Jan. 24. 1829. No one of Hous ton's hmnrj&nions knew till his death the ratiKfe rif Ms new course-, wmcn nis vesv friends, like Jackson, regarded as par tial insanitTi "no one but nis widow could reveal i and she only through a ratiha of conhunl and Christian duty. TViftt ranm was the highest" test of loyalty of which any man could be On the eve of I the mamace Got. Houston, observed a tremor in the voice and in the hand of his bride, when the vow of undivided attachment was jwo nounced, which convinced 't him some M4ret had not' been revealed lo him. Before retiring her frankly told her of his suspicion, asked a rranx conieesion and nladralher that it should sot work to her-rajury.' HfraBkneat and firm ness led tor the confession that her af fections had been (riven and pledged to another before their meeting, and that final daty had prompted her acceptance of his proffer. Houston retired to his own cot next day resigned his position, allowed the entire fault to appear to be his, permitted and encevraged hex appli cation for a divorce on the' plea of deser tion, and his bride was TTuxrrvd to the man of her former affection. Many ir regularities, rumor, of course, charged on the man who had really sacrificed even, thing" to save one who had erred only" in mistaken duty; but no charge of domestic infidelity could be true in a man who denied it to the estimable lady who afterward became his wife. f Crtity an4 ClrlllatlM, The mi of prisoners atjk. itedon sculptures are not sur- passed in any we find azooxur theEioet and lUwho ' j wua races ; deliarhted in !.: ing hjiuseH throughout captifesbj heads at a ptured on temple walk PflMing a airindstriWoffthpiF slaughtered during his r human, -.beinini th - conquestH thousand of- savace trine mi gether. The ' inflicted oneanfainwi enemies by Indiana are not wi than were Inflicted of old on fel- onsbytroi els by sewi T pn suspected reb- fr fertile-hid. f slaughtered mala, or on heretics by smearing th over with eombustihlM and setting fiigSo tham The Damaras. described as utterly heartless that haw lonrrn SYto MZ - m . . . Atrri ""wvinganfj a tneur num ber killed by ijiliW, are not worse than were the lomans, who made such elaborate prorufow for gratifying them selves by wafcfogbxdesal slaughters in their arenaif the numbers de stroyed by the;l&des of Attfla were not equaled by thjiflxQbers which the Bo man army destroyed at the conquest of Selucia, amd bf ffle numbers of the Jews massacred und it was simply because the did ' not mi-mit The cruelties Nero, GaUienus, and the rest m mpare with those of Zingis and and when we read of Caracalla, f 20,000 friends he had murdered murdered brother. his soldiers foi the Senate to place him among the we are shown that in the Roman people there was a ferocity not less than that ihich deifies the most t li-.a f . i sauguuiaryj wueis among the worst of savages. Nor did Christianity greatly change matters, throughout mediaeval Europe political offenses and religious dissent brought on men carefully de vised agonies, eoaling, if not exceed ing, any inflicted by the most brutal of barbarians. 4-erfor-f Spencer, in Fort nightly Jteikew. I Stenographic Blunders. From a paper on blunders, by F. J. Morgan, of Syracuse, we extract the fol lowing as ludicrous instances of steno graphic "interpretation and transcrip tion: . w GrosvS re:ein& Grocery Beats. Tam arack'knees -ttiin rickety knees. The mothers prajV The matters prior. He war a uttft XUow He was a little full. ThoapWxl two Parrot guns They ca5?TOtwo irirate guns. The aman wti tTjfcSw f-iaC frmnd,.tlie horse that posture ConnseToerenpSpBf " evidence Counsel brought pauper m evidence. Arthur Waite, the chalk talk evangelist -Arthur Waite, the Choctaw evaueelist. The showers were not sufficient to' meet the wants of mill men wants of milkmen. In the inter vening time he said nothing In the entire evemnor tame he said nothing, x came with my .;lrothers, Horace and Henry I came with my brother's horse and Henry. A medical witness, speak ing of the illness bf a lady patient, said : She appeared lo be somewnat un strung and nervous." The transcriber made him say "She appeared to be somewhat kneesprung and nerv ous." A minister, preaching a ser mon on the death of a gentleman named Samuel, quoted: "And buds and blossoms in the dust" He was delignt ed to read in the next issue of the paper: "And buds and blows Sam in the dust. An attorney asked a female witness how she came to be employed by piainun, and she answered: ? 1 saw a sign in the window, 'Female clem wanted here." " ThA hlrmdennff reporter rendered it: "Familv color warranted here. An orator referred to the iifferent religious sects or denomination! "going for one another" throughout he country, and said: " Here we have ae sect persecut ing another,'' and was so reported, but the transcriber renders it: nere we have one sick person fceding another," and so it appeared in4Ae next-morning Papers. . f . . . Several years ago an eminent lawyer hired a stenographer te take testimony in an important case. the transcnoea . . 1 1 . ( A. X minutes astomsnea nm. a -parcut, wWfc vnnnh Wfll in the suit . - ' lJi i trvVere set down as "Feaians of this country : " clerks and bartenders were made "clocks and barometers, and tne ' . .. ... question, "Were you is the habit of Tisitmir tne nouser was written. - w you in tbe habit of fastening the hose ?' A Drnmsaer's First Trip. A Cleveland merchant determined to send his son for a trip on the road in the interests of the house. The young man was ratner averse to goitg, dui m father's persuasions were powerful, . A - 1 A. aV and ha went lie was out some ten days, and on his return his father anx iously inquired, "Well, ray boy, did vou tret many orders f "Tea. father," answered the new-fledged drummer ; " I got quite a number.' "Good!" ex claimed the delighted father. " I knew you would succeed. The toubk roan grinned and answered: ''Well, the first order I got was in Sqa&hbog. I went into a man's store there and he said ' git out !' In Bungville I got my second order. This time it u ,. skip !' My third order was 'cha&e yorrraelf "round.' My next order wag scoot, and1 But the old gentleman hastily arose and, kicking his hopeful a sample case across the office, sternly command ed the young man to go out and help Jim load the truck. Whz5 letters and papers come. "in lte. as usual, people wonder how they titi did get along without the fast mail, Tke Lend Caber. The London cabby is at once a phil osopher and a wit, a sort of Engliah Diogenes on his tub instead of in it He has triumphed over every obstruction, even over the London fog. Weather is nothingto him as long as he can raise a fare. When he can't raise a fare he chaffs at the passing world. His bed, as a rule, is his box, and he has beeninown to take a nap there occasionally, He is a much-abused person, bat, on the whole, he is a civil, cheery, well-conducted par son, particularly gallant to nervous old ladies and almost a rival of the guards ot of the "bobbies" with the nurserymaids, for he has inherited the wink of Sam WeDer, and nothing could possibly & siaTt that. His tribe is very numerous, there being fourteen thousand of him, notwithstanding underground and over ground railroads and 'busses innumera ble. A mission has been started in Lon don for his special spiritual and moral improvement, but he doesn't seem to take kindly to the movement; in fact, it is hard to see how he can find time to attend a mission. Of the 14,000 cabbies, only 1,000 are set down as total abstain ers, and even these elite would probably resemble Rip's drinks they don't count If any class of persons might be excused for taking an occasional nip, it would surely be London cabmen, who are con stantly exposed to every kind of th worst weather that ever was invented. Sir E. Henderson, chief of the ' London police, stated at a recent meeting that he discovered a gradual improvement in the cabby. There has been a considerable diminution during the past year in the number of cabmen brought before the authorities for drunkenness, but in this respect they had as yet by no means reached the point of moral elevation at tained by omnibus men and stage-drivers. Out of 4,400 omnibus men there was only 11 convictions for drunkenness during the year, and of 3,200 stage-drivers only 26. In 11,000 cabmen there had been 1,100 convictions, a reduction of 250 on the previous year. - They Were also rather addicted to furious driving, a fault that probably bears a corresponding ratio bs gin. Origin of Cyclones. For the purpose of discovering the causes which determine the progressive movement of storms, I have made an extensive examination of the course and Telocity of storm centers in tropical re gions, and also of abnormal paths in the middle latitudes of Eourope and Amert CT hsveexammed the course of all Hi" 1vesijUStSwe riirinatedl nftfJiftlriiivfl been caref fulTj 'iiiniiiarbrwo and also all the storm tracKs ueuneawxi on th mam of the monthlv weather re view. I have likewise examined all those hurricanes in Southern Asia and its vicinity whose paths have been best determined, and all the storm tracks de lineated on the maps of the international series of observations. The following summary presents some of the results derived from this investigation: (1) The lowest latitude in which a cyclone center has been formed near the West India Islands is ten degrees, and the lowest lat itude in the neighborhood of Southern Asia is six degrees. Violent squalls and fresh gales of wind have, however, been encountered directly under the equator. (2) The onlinary course of tropical hur ricanes is toward the northwestward. In a few cases they seem to have advanced toward a point a little south oi west, ano in a few cases their course has been al most exactly toward the north. (3) Trrmicftl hurricanes are invariably ac companied by a violent fall of rain. The rainfall is never less than five inches in twenty-four hours for a portion of the track and frequently it exceeds ten inches in twenty-four hours. (4) Tropical storms are generally preceded by a northerly wind, and fter the passage of the low center the wind generally veers to the southeast at stations near the center, and the southerly wind which follows the low center, is - generally stronger than the northerly wind which preceded it. TTi fart armeaTs to suartrest the ex planation of tne origin of the cyclone and the direction of its progressive move ment The prevalent direction ot tne 7CI ";UVV1 t tl,. Wt u m mo uuvm - -- J&ZZ Occasionally a strong wind sets m from a southerly quarter. The interference of these winds with each other gives rise to a gyration and a fall of rain sometimes results. When the rain com mences the latent heat which is lib erated causes an inflow of wind from all quarters, by which the rainfall is in creased; and since the wind is deflected Yrr iK rotation of the earth an arch of in nmuinra is oroduced and the force of the winds win pe mmniarrvnn m iw the rainfall conunuea. ine eseci ox u TTl 1 . Krl I transport it.:, mmt wind from tne somn u w transport the low center in a northerlv .litio!L and by the combined action of the south wind and tne norma mm w ' . . - ... . t t iL. northeast the center of low pressure is n.nallr carried in a direction between the north and west Prof. Loomit. The IMffereaee. ElUu The difference, said Augustus auu- a m sTTt I whiffie. sauntering into the library the wAlv-''the difference between the vorks of Captain Cook and tbe works lu.mMii and listener is. i piwuBe, that the former are by a Ur and the let- terby-tu-men. Beiore ne (wuq c, hm -Is seized by the nape of the neck .. .v,t otrt of the building by an ....) nrofeseor. who said to him, as K Smck the irround, "Do joa whv vou are like oan s ax a W7v7S r-wildewd AugUStUS. w t a L. i vAtt'iw oitched - K nrofeseor. as he shut wiuiuus - r the door. EXTEBTAIXRfG PAttAGBirHS Whole-soled the Chicago girL h Fuss of charge an empty gun. Thx funniest part of a dog's tail is th wag. It's the Gentile thing in Mwmonduca to have only one wife. Noodle a person who hasn't sufficient back-bone to be a fooL - Vessels are always called she, and - yet we hear of mail steamers. Thebb is more fashion in the city, but there's more stOee in the obuntry. - Drraa in poverty is not as hard as living in poverty, after all the noveliats. ay -: . ,- . . "Haxh switches, so reads a'slgn. So it does, on the south end of ahorse in fly-time. Maidkx lady's qnoUUoniJightly altered from an .old aphorism 'fVVnere single ness is bliss 'tis folly to ba wives." When one sees a man thrown from lua saddle over the head of a horse, he must recognize the power behind the thrown. It was a young housekeeper who set " the cake Bhe had baked for a surprise party out-of-doors, one cold night, to be frosted. A pkisoxeb at the grate. Turnkey "Are you in for contempt?" Prisoner (with indignation) "No, sir, I haven't fallen that low it's a simple drunk." When a grocer advertises every variety of 'raisins' for sale, does he include derricks, pulleys, jack serews, yeast, rope and tackle, and that sort of thing? "What does 'encore' mean?" asks an exchange. It is only one phase of a universal desire among the sons of men to get something for nothing, and get it right off. Beacoxsfield ascribes all his great ness to woman. Adam laid all his trouble to the same source. Adam, we are ashamed of you. Beaconsfield. vou are a gentleman. The funniest patent medicine is the "humor pad," made expressly to tickle the ribs of the mournful. Paragraphers are manufacturing these pads in quan tities to suit "LinEed for life" is how the Syracuse Standard heads a marriage notice. How forcibly this reminds us of Byron's lau tiful lines, "I saw two sausages in the hues of youth." "Comk right into the house, children," shouted Mrs. Shuttle. "You are making mare noise and uproar than a session of Congress. What do you suppose the neighbors thinkr r.Aty,iretm heiress M le(L50,000. possession in n mis i i i i., f is not surprising that the nrat lellow who offered himself was accepted. "Yodb opponent was a bright speak er," the citizen said to the candidate who had not been elected by 2,000 ma jority. "Tea," was the sad reply, "very bright He cast reflections upon me all through the campaign." A lapt was praising tho amiability of her friend's husband, and asked how in the world she had ever brought him to such perfection, whereupon tho friend sweetly answered that she did.it chiefly with a croquet-mallet, Thebb was a fight imminent between two boys. One of them darkly intima ted that he was bigger than the othr. The smaller, who is the sou of a deacon, defiantly retorted, "1 don t careil you re as big as a church debt; you can't scare me. "'Danbury News. queen Tic's Wealth. A preposterous paragraph has been going on its rounds to the effect that Queen Victoria had insured her life for a large amount, in a Parisian office. In asmuch as the Queen is sixty years old she will have to pay a pretty heavy premium. No details are given as to her Majesty's having undergone medical scrutiny, and we are left to assame that the company waived such a sordid con sideration in the case of a regal client So far as the Oueen is concerned any life insurance would be an absurdity, in view of her having been easily aW, for many years, to save $1,000,000 a year. She is . nmbahlv the wealthiest woman in tho world. Putting aside all otlwr source of income, her Duchy of Lancaster, and legacy from Air. eew,, bring ncrin 1300.000 a year, and her to come alto- gether is probably nothing snort oi , 000.000 s .year. yew York Time. . A Queer Btmai Cmtow. There is another, custom which is olv served by all ti Bomans, namy, m. laUngo7lrg. bean, on the 2d of No vember. The erigin e thk , , not known; but it is uoun tiia dead were nooww u instead of November and mat, a. on were then in season, they formed part of a. n howevar. umu uu to eten. and a everyone does nrtt in., that food, the church allows urn- I " M ...nf utioa beans, ineee are maw- end pastry, made tip m toe sp !S.TSd men bo.es. the very is sufficient to octt from it is pauiar ix . . of k.v.. mi thia nearrv. uwmb aid U Oe OKUcawm, - -; " human bone, eve. when being eaten by .v. months, is not pleasant ju ef placing these death-bon !TAiTtinm.uiA had the eame ortprui of J rr",rj .V-that all were moc. W.t rJ tr rmrtnCinST lltirtuu. j xo.rTOTrv... -.7 Wto enioy Ufe UU SW . whilst they could. TtJJt. If you want knowledge, you must toil tor it ; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, yon must toil for it. Toil is the law. Pleasure comes through 1, and not by self-indulgence snd in dolence. When one geU to love work, bis life is a happy one. Ruikin.
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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March 5, 1881, edition 1
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