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vi light Footsteps drawing nsa-,
And the long and sncwy pinionss
Of the angels on tie air:
3nt wake from swee: c"ni,nun:nc,.
As they ewce:!v sound ME stand.
To find them rnugi.. Lu, echoes
from the better. bst Land.
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EXCERPTS.
CS1vrIsAi PROFESS o:.-Tha, Of cold
chaser.
Which is the ;An;iest. you or III, to
be sure, because I'm the quers:.
\ gentleman who spoke Of having been
struck: by = la'ly' was advised 20 kiss he
rod.
Lille drc!s of rain hrightcn ;s,e meadows
and E;:!o acts Of kinduc>s Brighten the
world.
What GOOD wcnll centuries DO tho man
"ho only knows how 10 waste his sia..!
Happiness mus. arise ciom cur own tam
per and actions, AID not immediately fron
any ex:erna! conditions.
Tie most beautiful rose is 10. a.!.a..
thorns; the most an,iable woman IS NO:
without cspriccs. but these s.e Voluntary
thorns, and no; Ito less pi9gcn..
When the Queen of Enc!ard is angry.
what order Of merit does she represent =
Victoria Cross.
1t is easier to increase our wants. be they
never So much. than to reduce them, bs ,L4r
never SO iltle.-Boar.
A Frenchman, wishing to speak Of Il.
cream Of tie English poets, forgo, the word
and said, de butler Of poets
There is man in Cincinnati in posses.
sion of powerful men,crv. lie is en-
ployed by the Humane Society 10 rs:ns:n.
Der the poor.
Give me kiss, t;aar g;r''.-'I csr';' s'.s
replied. 1 don't mind lending you one,
but must have it returned to.n,,rr,w,
lhe singing Of a Kettle in one rrspcc,
resembles the singing Of u stage singer.
An attempt to overdo j: will be followed
by hiss.
Ayeung LADY ~ho had lost or mislaid
her beau, WAS advised TO hang up her fid
o'e' She Said the advice did great violence
to her heartstrings.
Pleasure, like quicksilver, ia bright and
Shy. If We strive to grasp it, still rIudes rs
and Nl,!aI still glis'cra. We perhaps seize i, a,
;. last, and tnd it rank poison.
IT. For a'lady to sweep lie, cqrpr, with EN-.
hro'dered under,leeves, world be C. ,nsid.reJ
.'ndecent'y dirty; but to drag the pave
ment With her skirts seems to bs yerv c.u-
teel.
Who's afraid = said a Young man 10
'n'msel'' IN order to screw his courage To
the sticking ,place.-'Why,a you are said
c.ne object OF his affection, or you would
nave taken courage six months ago,
SAM Why am senators like d.. 6,bss a.
uont meddle withsde ssuIjee,.s aPp PPpmp.'-
Why dou'tsyo see. nigga, bvcauss dev an
so'fond ofdsbate.'
HsAAR11LaEss sss|HaoAx.--Ans sgricul,urist in
London, onthssfrst Of April, goes to The
Geological Gardens with recommeuJ;tic,
which be follows, to ask to b. shown H..
two-horned Dilemma.
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a CAsE FOR tbs LAWYERS We ara
Always being told that property ha, its
rights ;'@but surely in the matter Of gloves
and boot. property has its Isfts as we'll as
itsrighls.
"A great step ha., been gained in the tran.
s,' 70 .he east, by the opening of the entire
Egyptian railaay between Alexandria and
sues, including the:ex'ensive wrought iron
bridge acrosssfhe Nile at Kafr Zya,.
as sensibls@s,i.er advises those who
woaldssj jey good sating to keen cool. ns
. >tnsed re-. ;s.fo sAysFhe, 'an angry man can't
ten M viether tsia eating boiled cabbage or
3. stesst umbrella.
Ab,ssid an ESgli.hman, Il belong 10 !.
country upon aghiebsbe sun never se,..' And
!, said Yankee, belong. to sscountry Of
Hhish there eaa be no eorree. map,
gtossso fast that surveyors can. keep IN
VIII 5aas5
Web ais2 do yen entertain my proposi.
tori askeda spendthrift bf person froia
whom. he wished to- borrow some money.
'Ns,'ih .vas 'hs pre'spsrtpIy, but syoDur