, 1864-01-02

after his confession had been made but
Laman Stoker lived until his breath was
stopped by the rope Of the hangman.
A shinplaster story has been localized in
Boston, and applied to popular dry goods
dealer. As the story goes, farmer pur-
chased few cents worth of goods from this
merchant, and gave him bill to make change
from. The latter returned him eighty-6ve
cents in his engraved promise to pay, gen.
orally known as checks, but vulgarly known
as shinplasters.
"What's theml" inquired the farmer.
90" said the merchant, "these are sort
Of currency we dry goods dealers have" and
went away to attend to another customer
The countryman went of, not exactly sat
isfed, but shortly returned and bought nearly
q dollars worth Of goods. After receiving
the neatly tied up package from the mer-
chant and being told the price, he deposited
number Of pumpkin seeds on the counter.
"What are those" inquired the aston
ished merchant. s
40" replied the countryman, quite coolly,
"them's sort Of currency we farmers have"
and thereupon left the store.
The story has it that the dry goods dealer,
who appreciated good jokes, was so amused
that he did not call his Improbable customer
back. t 30 ~.
We have read many arguments against
the credit system, but the reason given by
blacksmith for charging cash customer
more for the same work than what he had
charged neighbor q on time" is q pun
gent one, and has the merit Of originality
at least. When asked why he charged the
cash customer the most, he replied =
You see ] have 20 much charge on my
book, and / zumdimes lose sum, and 70
ven l ave goot cash customer, I schareo
a goot price but ven I puts it on my book,
don't like to scharge so much, 50 if he no
pay, I no lose so much" r.
The above is only equalled by the ex-
planation given by pedler Of jewelry,
upon his return from very successful tour,
to replcnish his stock, to the question as to
what profit he made on his sales. uOh,"
said he, /" / generally make Eve per cent"
Upon being told the advance was too small,
he replied, |" You don't understand me;
mean that I sell an article for Eve times It's
cost"
Kansas City is a gay place, and they have
queer specimens Of humanity down there.
II you don't believe il, read the following
about woman Of doubtful loyalty, who
was recently before the Provost Marshal.
She gave as an evidence Of her loyalty that
her husband had been killed in the One
Hundred and Sixth Illinois regiment:
"When did your husband 90 to Illinois9"
"AbOut three years ago"q giiyasli
That was before the war, was it notp'
eyes" Wf y ~
@Why didn't you 60 with him r.
"Well, didn't like to go of 80 frwith
man l wasn't much acquainted WITH"
You don't mean to say that your hus-
band was so much Of q stranger that you
did not like to 60 with him 2"
ayes, | do had only been marriedto
him about year, and wasn't going 10 leave
my folks and 60 of to Illinois with a man
| didn't know more about" "Re'.sa Y $50
Among other discoveries made in Pom
peii, is an inscription on the wall Of what
was probably workshop Of some kind, as
follows: @Otiosis hic locus non est. Dis
cede, Morator." This may be translated,
/" This place is not for the lazy. Loafer,
depart!' This inscription is interesting as
showing that there were loafers in ancient
days as there are in modern, and that they
Squalid beggar-" Pray, Sir, take pity on
a miserable wretch; have wife and six
children"
heartfelt sympsthy !: 80 have I . - =
a
An Irishman, "just over" was offered
and ate some peaches. In reply to ques-
& Reda,l tho taste was cooJ hnt ,ho saoS,
Law hard on NV stor,,.b y
They say dead mans hand cures swell
hand Of the Past to take down our timid
cgotism and lead us into the solemn aow Of
the life Of our race.