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THE KXIIJrS DREAM.
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JOSEPH U MAY.
Tis moonlight Ln (he - magio shore;
From the fiat" fog bells, . . -
' Delicious through the Exile' night.
Lonely music swells.
' Lo ! in the Past 4he purple East,
Through the shadows dark, "
Beneath th beetling crags above,
- Speeds a phantom bark. V, -
Lot faster,, by enamored gale, ',.
With my queenly love,
It skims tn Bijvery waters o'er,
Like a beauteous dove. ,
But harkl a sweet, angelic voice,
Clear as virgin beam, , ? ,
Distills its music thro' the night
'Tis "The Exile's Dream :"
"Upon the wave, she comes, she comes !
Thro the gate of night, . .
Swift in.her magic sailing, like
Meteor in its: flight' w -
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"Lol by the shore, she anchors there, :
By the lonely strand ;' 4
And beckons Hope toward her bark
To its Native land. . , '
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' "To rattling chains she listens long
"To the fangs of pain ;
And hears the weary Exile weep
At her sweet refrain. .
"Like Niobe she too doth weep, ":
Turns her face, above ;
To her athrough his prison bars,
Calls her banished love.
"Her eyes turn founts of crystal tears,
That his light, had been ; : :A
And in the bouVs bright firmament, -
Shine the stars within.
A soft wind blows, and zephyrs breathe
Of the blooming day;
And with the1 tide, the phantom bark
Glides out jof the bay. !;
- ;"0, fair, angelic one ! But hark !
v 'Farewell, farewell,' to me;
" Borne on the violet wave, she fades
From the dreaming sea."
'
The Exile woke to make refrain :
"Where, oh, where is aha?"
" Stern Ocean but fhe echo gave :
"farewell, farewell to thee I"
. Pr. Talmajs Anathemas Upon tha ProOl
: 1 rate Dnuof tliabajr.
XVII EFFECTS OFj ZMP&OPEB DRESS.
"I am going to set to? the evil ef
f ects of Improper dress or an excess
ive disciplcsbip of costume. ? It is a
simple truth that you all know, al
though the pulpit has not yet utter
ed it, that much; of the womanly
costume of our time is the cause of
the temporal and eternal damnation
of a multitude of men. ' There is a
shamelessness nmong many in what
is called high life that calls for vehem
ent protest. The strife with many
seems to be bow near they can come
to the verge of indecency without
falling over. The jtide of, masculine
profligacy will never turn back un
til there is a decided reformation in
womanly costume. I am in full
sympathy with! the officer of the law
who at a levee in Philadelphia last
winter went up to a so-called lady
and because of i her' sparse and - in
competent apparel ordered hor eith
er to leave the house or habilitate
herself immediatelyl ; It is high time
that our good and sensible women
make vehement protest against fash
ionable indecency, land, if the wo
men of the household do . hot realize
the deplorable extremes of much of
the female costumej that husbands
. implead their wives on this subject
and that fathers
prohibit their
daughters. The evil is terrific and
overshadowing. I suppose that the
American stage, is responsible for
much of this. I doj not go to thea
tres, so I must take the evidence of
- the actors and managers of theatres,
such as Mr. John Gilbert, Mr. A. M.
Palmer and Mr. Daniel E, Band
mann. They have recently told us
that the crime ot undress is blasting
the theatre which by many is con
sidered a school 6t j morals and in
deed superior to the" church and a
forerunner of the millenniumt Mr.
Palmer says : 'The bulk of ttiepe
formances on the stage is degrading
and pernicious.1 The " managers
strive to come just as near the line as
possible without flagrantly breaking
the Uw, There never have ! been
costumes worn on a, stage of this
city, either in ,a theatre, hall or
"dive" so improper ks .those that
-telothe some' of the chorus in recent
cornic opera productions." He 'says
in regard to the female performers :
"It is not a question whether they
can sing, but just how little they,
H, G . WALL i Editor and
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will consent to , wear." Mr. Brand
mann, who has been twenty-nine
years on the stage, and before al
most all nationalities, says ; "I un
hesitauigly. state - that the itaie" of
the present theatre-going people of
America, as a body,1a of a coarse
and vulgar nature. The Hindoo
would turn with disgust ait such ex
hibitions, which are ' sought after
and, applauded " on. the stage of this
country, Our shop windows are full
of, and ..the 'walls are covered with,
show cards and ' posters which
should be a disgrace to an enlight
ened country- and an insult to the
eye of a cultured community." Mr.
Gilbert says : "Such exhibition is
disastrous to the morals' of . the com
munity. Are these proper piciures
to pat out for -the public to look at,
to say nothing of the propnety of fe
males appearing in public dressed!
like thatr Itirfshamefun? ! J
WHAT IMOMDEST APPAREL MEi.NS.
The parlor and drawing room are
now running a race with the theatre
and opera boufife. They are jnow
nearly' neck and neck : iii the race,
the latter a little'ahead, but the par
lor and drawing-room are gaining on
the others and . the probability is
they will soon be even and pass the
stand so nearly atj the same time
that one-half of I'andemomum. will
clap its hands because opera boufife
has beaten and the other half be
cause the drawing-room has beaten.
Let printing press and platform and
pulpit hurl red-hot anathema at the
boldness of much of womanly attire.
I charge Christian women neither
by style of dress nor adjustment of
apparel to become administrative of
evil. Show me the fashion plates of
the time bi . Louis XVL, of France,
and Henry VIIL, of England, and I
will tell you the type of morals or
immorals of that age or that year.
No exception to it. Modest apparel
means a righteous people. Immod
est apparel always means a contain 1
ina ted and depraved .society... ;It is
not only such boldness that is to be
reDrehended. but t extravagance of
costume.' ..This latter is the cause of
fraud iinlimitable and ghastly. It
was an effort to support too expen
sive establishments that sent promi
nent business men to the watering
of stocks, and life -insurance presi
dents to perjured .statements about
their ' assets and some of them 'to
the penitentiary,. andhascpmplete
ly upset our American finances; But
why should I go to these famous den
faultings to show what men will do
in order to keep up great liome style
and expensive wardrobe, when you
and I know scores of men who are
put to their wit's end and are lashed
from Januaryo.JecemJbej.Jn the
attempt? Our Washington politico
ians may theorize untjl the expira
tion of their terms of office as to the
best way of improving' our moneta
ry condition in this country It will
be of no use and things will be on bet
ter until we learn to put on our and
backs and feet and ; hands no more
than be can pay, for. There are
clerks in stores and banks on limited
salaries, who, in the vain alttempl to
keep the wardrobe of their family as
showy as other folks' wardrobes, are
dying of muffs and diamonds and
camel's-hair shawls and high hats,
and they have nothing left except
what they give to cigars and wine
suppers, and 4 they die' before their
time, and they will expect us minis
ters to preach about them as though
they were the victims of early, piety ;
and after-a bigb-class fuiieral, with
silver handles at the side of their
coffin of extraordinary, brightness,
it will be found out that the under
taker is cheated out of his legitimate
expenses ! IDc noVsendmeto preach
the funeral, sermon of 4 a man who
diesliButat? 2 wiff blurt ouf the
wbiloIiiuthjan'd teil that he, was
strangled tQ.deatlj'byihlswife s rib
bond I a The country - is' dressed to
death. You are not jsurnrised to
tin4 thatthe putting: up f one, pUDf)
lie building in New York cost mil
lions of dollars ' more than it ought
to' have' cost, wheri, you find thatthe
man. who. gave out the contracts
paid more than $5,090 for his daugh
ter's: wedding dress Cashmeres of
Proprietors
PRbckiNHAM, Richmond County -NC.; March 11, 1886.
rare on
It is - estimated that
there are S,0Qp isromeiT in these; two
(utiea.jwha hiv expended jon their
personal array ,a year.
sJHEKiTHAQEDiy QF HCMAN CLOTHES.
io seep up sucn nome wararooes r
Steal. That is the only respectable
thing they can do ! " During the last
fifteen years there h.ave been innu
merable Cine .business jnen '' ship
wrecked on the WardrolbWf . The
temptation comes' in th!s way ; A
man thinks n)bre of bis iUm'ily than
all the World Lcfutside; -and if they
spend ihe -eveniug in describing to
him .the superior wardrobe of I the
lamuy Across toe sureei ,inat tney
cannot bear, the sight of, the man is
thrown -! on vhis -gallantry and his
pride of famil, arid without transla
ting liif feelings intq plain language
he goS intoextortion and issuing of
false stock and. skillful , penmanship
in writing somebody' else's name at
the foot of a- promissory note,
and.they, all ga down together-the
prisontHe i wife to the
sewing najjhine, the, children to be
taken bare of by "those who were
cajjecl popr relations, j Ob, for some
new onaKesneare 10 arise ana wnie
thef tragedy of numari -clothes ! : ' '
"Act theXirst of the Tragedy A
pllirfbnfutifaniome.Enter the
newlyrmarrijed pair.,. Enter simplic
ity of manner and behavior. Enter
as mucn Happiness as is ever touna
in oneliome. . . x
"Act the Second Discontent with
the humble' home. . Enter - envy.
Enter jealousy, Enter desire of dis
play. -'f U::-i'-!5S'! u'. "? -.
"Act the Third Enlargement of
expenses. . .Jboter. the queenly qress
makers. Enter' the French milliners.
S' Act . the.FourOi-TThe tip-top of
'cietyi siAcr-inccss and prin-
soci
cesses of Jew York life.
Enter ev-
erything splendid.'
Z "Act the Fifth and Last, Winding
up' the Spenc Enter the assignee.
Enter the sheriff. Enter the credit
ors. Enter humiliation. Enter the
wrath pf God... 'Enter, the contempt
of feocietv. Enter death. Now let
the silk curtain drop on the stage.
The farce is ended and the lights are
Slyau- forgive: me if I say in;
tersest hape -possible ;that some of
the,r;nferi1-in1thi country have Co
forge ifid to perjure and to swindle
to payfthij-Wives'-"dresses ? ;I
t-saywlferlydtt'-; forgive me
or not. C-.tnt, - : -i" r.;, . ; "?K
THE " FOE OF ALL ALMS-OIVINO.
"Extravagant costume is the foe
of all christian alms-giving. Men
and women put sO much in person
al display that they often have iiothi
ing for God and : the cause of suffer
ing hutiiahity. A Christian man
cracking his 'Palais Royal glove
across the back by shutting up his
lianHltft hid&thre!onecent")he puts
into the poor box ! A Christian wo
man , at the stoTy of the Hottentots
cry ing, jCopioiis,, tears into a twenty-
five rdonararidkerchief and then
rivitig a twcrcent piece to the collec
tion, thrusting it down under the
bills so people will not know but it
wasft. ten-doJlargold; piece. One
hundred dollars for. incense to fash
iontwo cents for God'J Gojl gives
us 90 cents out of every dollar. , The
other 10 cents, ' by command of his
Bible belong o,"aim. Is not; God
liberaraccordingto this tithing sys
tem laid down if?aiOId Testa
ment? Is not'Goderat in giving
us 90 cents out of a dollar when he
takes but 10 ?; We do nbt like that
We want to have 99 cents for our
selves' arid one for God. " Extra va-
gant costume is distraction to pub
lic Worship, Ton .know very -well
there are a good riiany people who
gO to, church just as ;they go to the
races, to see whowUlcoine out firsts
Eitravagaht 'costume belittles the
intellect" . Orir minds are ' enlarged
or they dwindle justircproportion to
irflporJtabce'; of jthesubiect' on
which "we constantly ; dwell. I Can
yb'Uamagirie'anything more dwarf
ing to the human intellect than the
studv of dress ? ' I see men rx the
street who, judging from their elab
oration, I think must
have taken
! two hours to arrange their appareL
After a few hours of that kind of ab
sorption, which one of McAllister's
magnifying glasses will be powerful
enough to make the man's character;
visible? What will be left of wo
man's intellect after giving years
and years to the discussion of such
questions ? They all land in idiocy.
CHOOSE I BETWEEN; IDOLATRY. .. AND
r . ' HEAVEN. , . .",
"Give up this idolatry of fashion or
give up heaven. What would you
db'standing beside the. Countess of
Huntington, whose joy it' was1 "to"
build chapels for the poor, or with a
Christian woman of Boston, who fed
1,500 children of the street at Fan u
iel Hall one New Year's day, giving
out as a sort of doxology at the end
of the meeting a ; pair of shoes to
each one of them : or those Dorcases
of society who . have consecrated
their needles to the Lord,.and who
will get eternal reward for every
stitch they take. 0, meji 'women,
give up the idolatry; -of costumes.
The rivalries und the competitions
of such a life are stupendous wretch
edness. I have seen men and wo
men of excessive costume die, and I
never saw one of them die well. The
trappings off, there they lay on the
tumbled pillow, and there were just
two things that bothered ! therri-ii
wasting life and a coming eternity.'
could not pacify them,' for their
body, mind and soul had been ex
hausted in the worship of costume,
and they could not appreciate j the
gospel. When I ''knelt by the bed
side they were mumbling out their
regret and saying : 'Oh God I Oh
God !" Their garments hunx up in
the wardrobe, never again; to he seen
by them. Without any exception,
so far as my memory serves me, they
died without-hope andi wept into
eternity rinprepared
9
THE MOST GHASTLY OF DEATH-BEDS.
"The two most ghastly death-beds
on earth are the onewlwre a man
dies -of deliriumtrcanjpniland the
other - where a woman idles after
having sacrificed all er iilties of
hnlri minrl nml Rrml in t.hft vnrhin
of costdme. ;7 My irlends, we must
appear in judgment tcr-ariswer for
what we have wOrrysnpuwdiest as
well as for what repentancxisjwe have,
exercised with our soul.fpn that
day I seo coiriing in BeatfBrummel
of the '-: lost ceii turrl' wHnotit I his
cloak, like which al Eiigami got a
cloak; and without his "cahp, jlike
which all Englan'd gt a cartel with
out ; his snuff-box like, which all
England got a snnff-bpar-he, j the
fop Of the ages, partSc$H'rab,out 'ev-
erything out nismorais; ana Aaron
Burr, without the lettera. that down
to -old -age he showed- itrride, t6
prove his early wickeg"allantries ;.
ana Aosaiom, wiinoui uis nair j anu
Marchioness Pompadour without her
titles, and Mrs. Arnold, the belle of
Wall street when that, was the'eec
tre ot fashion, without her fripperies
of vesture." ' "
An Honest Thief. - -
Port Jervis Union. - . ;
"Did you ever see an honest thief?"'
asked Mr. Carpenter, , the Front
street marketman. ''Well, I' have.
A man came into Athe store Monday
morning and asked me if 1 1 had
any pickerel. I opened the fish-box
and he picked out a fair sized onei
"How much do you want for this
one?" asked the man. ;
" '111 weigh it and see," I replied,
I did so, and told him he could have
it for forty cents. - - -
" 4I stole a pickererfrom; your
stand out there last Saturday night
and I want to pay you for it' It was
nearly as big as this one you've just
weighed for me, and I hadi you
weigh this' one so T could find "out
how jnuch theotherjorjejas Worth'.1
. T Ml" . . 1- ji.-l.l-
jnow, 1 am willing w pay you uouuiq
for it; -1 don't kriow1 what made me
steal it, for I never did .such a thing
before,j and I- passed a most wretch
ed Sunday on account of1 it j
?""' x r 1 ' . . "."
' "A 'child tossing "in it sleep indi
cates worms. An' army of them arc
at work eating the vitals away. One
dose of Shriner's Indian' Vermifuge
will destroy -them and saye its li'e.
TERMS:
, , ' - His Umou.
Youth's Companion. '" ' ' '
-'If 'more . fathers would take a
eourse with their sons similar io the
one my father took with mo," ob
served v one of the leading business
men of Boston, "the boys might
think hard at the time, but they'd
thank them in after life." : .
"What sort of a course ?" we ask
ed..":' f:! :'::ffKi
,'."Well, I was a young fellow of
twenty-one, just out of college j and.
I felt myself of considerable import
ance. I knew my father was well
off, and my head was full of foolish
notions of having a good time and
spending lots of money, Later on
I expected father to start me in bus
iness, after I'd "swelled" round a
while at the clubs and with fine
horse flesh. . ? . ;;. 'V-
"Like a wise man, father
saw
through my folly t arid resolved to
prevent my self-destruction, if poss
ible. J"';: : - I ' ;V';
"'If the boy's got the right stuff
in him,- let him prove it," I heard
father say to mother one day. "I
worked hard for my money, and I
don't intend to let Ned squander it
and ruin himself besides." 1
"That very day father came
along arid handed me fifty dollars,
remarking, "Ned, take that money.
spend it as you choose, but under
stand this much : it's the last dollar
of my money you can have till you
prov.e yourself capable of earning
money and taking care of it on your
own account"
"I took the money in a sort of
dazed manner, and stammered out,
"I why I I want to go into bus
iness." v
" 'Business !' exclaimed father,
contemptously, "whatdo you know
aoour managing the merchantile
business ? Get a clerkship and learn
the alphabet, before you talk to me
of business."1 And father left me
then to ponder on his work. And
that fifty dollars was the last money
my father ever gave me, till at his
death ,1 received my part of the
property.
"I felt hard and bitter then, felt
my father was a stingy old fogy,
and mentally .resolved to prove to
him that I could live without his
money. He had roused my pride:
just what he intended, I suppose. ;
,t .nor inree aays l looaea aoout
for a place to make lots of money.
But I found no such chances, and,
at length I accepted a clerkship in
a large retail store at four hundred
dollars a year. 1 - -"l
"Another bit of father's "stingi
ness'' at this time ' was demanding
two dollars a week for my board
through that first year. ' v . ; j . ,
"At the end of my first year I had
laid aside two hundred dollars, and
the next year) my salary being rais
ed a hundred, I had five hundred
laid by. ''yrj,,'
; "Orie hundred cents meant more
to me in those days than one hun
dred dollars had, previously.
"At the end of four years, clerking
I ! went to my father with fifteen
hundred dollars of my own, and ask
ed him if he was willing , to help me
enter business; Even then he would
only let me - hire the money, two
thousand dollars, at six per cent in
terest .
; "To-day, I am called a successful
business man.: And I have my fath
er to thank for it Those lessons in
self-denial, self-respect and inde
pendence which he gave me, put the
njanhood into me.
t; "Years afterwards, father told me
it post him, the hardest struggle of
his life to be so hard with his boy.
But he felt it was the only course to
make, a man of me. Many a time
we've laughed over' that two dollar
hoards bill.
- i r
An Old Story:ix)ok at a human
being when Under the influence of
that terrible torture, rheumatism.
j Trivial symptoms were neglected un
til the 'disease became established,
whereas all the long suffering could
have been prevented by the "prompt
use of Salvation Oil, costing only 25
cents a bottle at all drug stores. :
Subscribe fof the Rocket.
$1.50 a. Year in Advance.
No. , 10.
A. bio tnrcHiso fabtt. -
Amotkor Brato Pays the Penalty of Hto
-.. Atrocious Crista. ..-.
Charlotte Observer, 3rd inst.
Passengers on the Air Line train"
yesterday brought us news of a very
V largely attended and successful"
lynching affair which occurred on
the streets of Spartanburg at about
dark on Monday evening. " This
lynching was conducted in a style
that was somewhat an innovation
upon the old custom. In arranging
for the event, the people were very
methodical in their actions. ,They
went about it in a business-like way,
set the" hour for the execution to
take place, selected the tree and is
sued, verbal invitations to each oth
er, arid to the strangers in the city,
to attend. Arid of trie invited host,
fully eight hundred were present
Tliey, needed no urging, for they
were invited to witness the. hanging
of a brute who had been guilty of
an outrageous assault upon a lovely
lady, and tiius expiate his crime at
the hands of the relentless Judge
Lynch.;; .', :y':i:'-:--'-'-';'JA-r"'-The
victim of the.lyricbirig was a
negro man whose name no one seem
ed to think it worth while to
fin-
quire, arid the crime for which he
was hanged was one of that charac
ter the recital of which never fails to
arouse the most iri tense indignation
of all good people, white arid color
ed, against the perpetrator. The
victim of this negro's violence is a
very respectable, highly connected
and highly cultivated married lady,
who had been engaged in teaching
school at a place known as Glen
Springs, about four miles from Spar
tanburg. She is just 18 years old,
and a great favorite among her ac
quaintances. The place of her resi
dence is distant but' a ' shortwav
from ,the school ' house, and it' was
with a feeling of perfect security that
she pursued her daily" walks to and
from her school, but one evening last
week she met with an experience
than which none can be more dread
ful She was waylaid by the negro,
knocked down, dragged aside, chok
ed and brutally assaulted. When
at length she was abandoned by the
fiend, she made her way to the house
and told what had occurred. It was
but a few hours until parties of men
were searching the woods iri all di
rections for the perpetrator of the
deed, and after a lengthy chase, he
was run! down arid captured. He
was taken before , his victim who
identified him at once as her assail
ant, and he was forthwith . marched
to the jail in Spartanburg. His fate
was a foregone conclusion, but there
was to oe no massed moo, and no
secrecy about the business.
It was arranged that the execu
tion should take place at 10 o'clock
last Monday night,' but during that
afternoon a report was received that
the lady was dying from her inju
ries.. This hastened matters, and
shortened the life of the wretch by
four hours, for at six o'clock he was
brought forth j and in the f presence
of eight hundred people was s wung
up to a tree. After it had done its
work, the rope was cut up into hun
dreds of pieces that found their way
to the pockets of the crowd. -
Our information is that the lady
is in a very critical condition,' and
though the report about her being
in a "dying "condition was incorrect
fears are entertained that she will
not survive her injuries. ,
This is '! the third lynching for a
like crime that has occurred in Spar
tanburg within the past 12 months.
:- You seem to take a great interest
in our Society, for the Reformation
of Discharged Convicts," remarked
the president of the institution to an
Irishman who had contributed five
dollars.'-4 ;
; "I do, indade, sir." ,
"Ahl I suppose you were never
so .unfortunate aa to. be a convict
yourself?" . ; ,
;' "Niver, sor, but I have a -dear
brother who is a New York Alther
man and there's no knowin what
his fate will be.-Texas Siftin s. ,
- Eaager I A neglected cold or cough may
!ait to Fneumonia,Consumptlon or other fatal
di- -4ue. Strons's Pectoral Piila will cut e a
ro'd a by maeie. Best ihtus lor dynpppaia.in
vliseUou,slckaeadaclie & tbousauds testify.
PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB PRIR1TIR1C
,' i IN THE
BEST OP STYLE
And at Living Pi ice 3,
The Blair BUI.
Charlotte Home-Democrat. '
People who think that the pas
sage; by Congress, of the Blair Edu
cational BUI,? will relieve them of
paying a County and State School ,
Tax, will find themselves very much
mistaken: In order to get a portion :
of the Blair fund each State I will have
to raise ascertain amount from her
citizens by taxation for school pur
poses. , 1 '
Where, is the consistency of peo
ple who favor a distribution of about
$70,000,000 from the pu blic treasury
for school purposes, talking about
abolishing the Internal Revenuetax r
and reducing the Tariff, when the
fact is well known that if the distri
bution Bill passes the Internal Rev
enue tax must be continued and the
Tariff tax kept at about what it is.
If the Blair bill becomes a law it
is useless to expect relief from taxa
tion of any sort State'or National
In opposing . appropriations like
that proposed by the Blair bill wev
know, very well that, we are an the
minority; and think it will pass asa
matter of course, constitutionally or
unconstitutionally when money is
to be scattered, Constitutions are not
regarded as much in the way.! But
those who favor the Bill know they
are in the majority, and many tnem- -hers
of Congress who. will yote for
the bill are too, much afraid, of that
majority to, vote against ."against it,
although they jknow in, their hearts
that the scheme, is a bad one and
tends to damage the true interests of
the country. Wo. shall .not; have
jnuch more to say t about the naatter,
as it seems useless.' ,
A Boy Vfho Understands Them.
Detroit Free Press.- -':
The otlier rooming a boyj about
14 years of age knocked at the door
of a house on Brush street, and ask
ed the woman if she ididn't want the
snow cloanecloff the walk. . v .
"How; much ??', she ciutiously in
quired. ' k
"Thirty cents.?1 r :v C-
"I won't pay it. If you want to-
do the work for ten cents you can-:
go ahead." - . .. , .t. ,
He leaned on the i handle of his-
snow-shovel and looked thoughtful,.
and finally she asked : ,
"Well, what do you say TV-;
"It's just as , that.woaian round
the corner told me,V he.replied. "I
shoveled off her snow, and she gave
me fifty cents. 1 1 .told hcrI was
coming to ask you, and I she said-
"I don't know her. WhatVbusi-
ness is it to her?"
"Yes, but-" L. -
f What did she say Vh "A
.t f ;
J"
"She said I'd get left, r, She, said
that any woman who wore a-plush
sacque and passed it off for a $300
sealskin would be mean enouarh to
go out at night and shovel off. her
own snow." - I ' , r .-
"Boy I" whispered the woman, as
she turned white clear around her
neck, "I want you toi clean .pjf- the
snow, . wnen : you, are-through I'll-
give you a sjlvef dollar, and I want
you to gor'around and tell that wo- ;
man that, any one , who buys arid ., -wears
dollar-store, jewelry and sev-
enty-five cent shoes hasn't got senso -enough
to fall off a bob-tail carj"
Tom Anjerry, a student at the
University of Texas; applied to Pro
fessor Snore for permission to he ab
sent. "-5 ; - :
' "I would like to be excused 'from
my jography lesson this afternoon,
as I want 'to take'niy sister out rid
ing," said Tom. ,
The old professor; who is no fool,
looked at the young irian over the
top of his spectacles, arid ' said, very
slowly r 4 '.'' ; ' ' '
v .'Want to take your sister 'out rid
ing in a buggy," eh ?4 Is she related
to you?" Siftirigs." f.
"Sarah Jane, what TooV is' that
you are reading sOr intently all the
time?" : y-v '
'It'sa novel by Dumas the elder.'?
" You;a,ohV teil"nief Dumas, the
elder 1 What church could he be
elder in and write novels, I' should v
j like to know," ' 1 . . v t ' " "
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