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GIRLS.
Holms in one Of his poems says in paen.

Holms IN one of his poems says IN paen-
thical way A
My grandpapa
Loved girls when be was yolAg'
No doubt Of it, for Holms is a sensible
man aud must have a sensible grandfather
All sensible men love girls when they are
young, and when they are old too We ap.
ply the old t. the Rsp and nai t4a girls
l.smans family is complete without them.
OF little girls an American poet says:
With rosy cheeks, and dancing cufis,
And eyes of tender light,
o. very beautiful are little giTlsp
And goodly to the sight.
And as to large girls big bouncing girls
what pity il is they must soon be wo-
men-stately, matronly, queenly women,
who are ouly angels because they are girls
who by the by, are not angels either, but
vastly more charming than any member of
angelic host that We remember TO have seen
in the picture Of elsewhere r Indeed they
/ are - Boston Post
~ How does man differ from the brute
creation
He stands upright, but be doesn't act so
He walks on two legs contrary 10 the Billie,
for it says, Upon thy belly shalt thou 60 all
the days Of thy life
Where is the carotid artery situated
1T commences both sides of the neck, at
the shirt collar. passes up under the hat brlm
at the top Of the head, then down the insen'
safe canal. and terminates in both boots
How loBg onght person remain IN
warm bath
Till he finds his toe-nails floating On the
surface Of the water
How long should person remain IN
cold bath q
sUutil it requires q quart Of brandy 7
warm bis system
%Q Hello, stranger, youappear to b
travelling A.-Yes, always travel Whel
on a tourney OIL think i have seen 20
somewhere abouts2 Avery likely, "
been here often. OVAL, look'ee 'ert
). / stranger, what might be your Nance A.
!. 1t might be Sam Patch, but it isn't o.
e Have you been long in; these partsl A.
: Never longer than at present, five feet min
O-Dos Won ever cit anything new "A
!, Yes. bought new wetstone this mornini
{ Oyeyists completsla puSzled = Wall thougl
n so, foil II be darned ef you ant the shar
= est Blade I've seen on this road
o .How very seldom it happens, said o.
r, friend to another, 'thatBe find editors br'
y to the business
T. sVery,a replied the other, and have =
il not remarked how seldom the business
a bread to the editors
le BlDDY(the servant.) is frightened out
d her wits Wanting some butter, she GO
At 20 the ice.chest, and finds Alr. Iceberg,
e gent from the North, fast asleep in il, vi
chunk Of ice for quilt
y HrsYou.P Pete
y - Nam
q Are you into them sweetmehts again
v mo marin, them thar sWeetmeats are il
me- !
= us-Ths Hindo aw:-sStrike moi e.
=, - with = blossom, wife, though she be gui
= Of thousand faults The English
:. would let you hit her again with What
q. blossom grows on
IA Hs-The lady who did not think it
~ speetablc 10 bring up her children to VI
"a has lately heard from her two sons. On
IT. them Is bar keeping on a Dat, and the OF
id IS steward efa brickyard-
hat XII don't like to patronize this Il
my said culprit 70 hangman,
90 ID never mind this once,' was the re
The it will soon suspend its operation.'
50 h-Tbe nan Who stood by. aiding an
ing betting at the fight up town the Other
! Of Is said to have lost considerably, botl
purse and character.
any 1-A late writer, in speaking q /
AN: kroaf. says Il Is the connecting link bstg
Dbl s.msrsd cabbage aud picked manure
rny -.Tbs fellow Who attempted Co g
gre liz siDs.' found thai ho could mob bsgil
-. y. Ell garment large enough