The Lincoln County herald., 1870-10-13


, claimed my brother, "your part of the
sum would he SO much; contriye to CONVEY
to me your share Of the pleasure derived
from this operation, and The money is at
sour service"
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Patience is exemplifcd in the man Who
lelt his wagon while his horse baked.
sat on stump and read the war teleprs ma
lll the animal was hungry enough to 70
Leavenworth is said to boast of o man
who is so tall that his Likeness cannot be
got into one picture. A local artist has
painted his head and shoulders, and an
nounces that he will be "coutiuued ne.t
week."
A dying lrisbmsu was asked BY HI.
coniessor II he was ready to renounce the
devil and III his works, 80, your honor"
SAID rat, "don't ask me that; I am going
10 strange country, and don't intend TO
make myself enemies.
The Chicago Post has discovered . nov
fashion OF dispensing charity ia Boston.
Instead OF giving Religious tracts to
hungry children ns they did a,orctime.
tne DAINTY aristocrats put on the most
gorgeous apparel, don India shawls and
SKY blue Kids, take footman up behind
the carriage, and with his help di,;ributa
bouquets to the lean OCCUPANTS NJ tbe
wretched shant;es. Its pleasapter n
scatter roses than rutabapss md ,o tbsw
saisfy their vanity on the woes of the
poor. We hopo this picture is all in The
posts eye. '''
INA NEAL AND THE IDEAL.-To knov
that the love which once seemed c,ern.i
can have an end, DESTROYS its ;mmo,
ta''ty; and thus, si,brought to level with
the beginnings and endings, the chances
ana changes Of life, Commonplace en-.
Jooyments and pleasures and. alas fron,
the sublime to the ridiculous-tbere !.
but step; our divinity turns ont an ;dol.
We are grown too wise. too worldly Gr
our former faith, and we LAUGH NJ wb.,
VIC wept at before. Such laughter !.
more bitter, a thousand times mora h;,'
ter, than tears.
champagne, it is believed, will be verv
scarce, TOR several years, in conseoucnce
nt the districts prodncing g that wine and
me great depots Of Rheims and Cbolons
win the m'lIions..of bottles, having been
occupied by the German armies. Tbi,
years vintage is destroyed, and the dam.
lge to the owners of the vineyards, the
vine makers, and the merchants. il ia
s' prsasssa' rssaaSssa 'WsR}' s5d mfs; ri sessst
oundunce than ever, so that the munu.
acturers Of cider will profit by the war.
Among the novelties of the coming
ecture season will he the appearance Of a
o!acka Prince on the platform. One
Henry A. Boardmsn, nephew of The
A'ng. OF Glass, and heir presumptve to
he throne, is now on visit TO BROOKLYN
md is preparing himself to meet engage.
nents to describe the habits, customs.
uperstitions and barbarisms of his native
and. Although swell up in his own
onguage, he is not quite so familiar with
he English, but this, we are assured. will
Tot very greatly mar the entertainments.
lie is a native Of Gaboon, on the west
'oast of Africa, an old slave trading Sta.
ion.
Niagara is no longer the most wonder
'ul Of cataracts. Its rival has been dis.
covered in British Guiana, in South
America. There nre two falls. one Of
even iun lred and seventy feet and an
'ther OF fifty. The volume of water
passing over these falls is seventy eight
Get deep and three hundred feet broad
Turing the dry season. The colonial
government of Guiana is arranging ia.
'illties for visitors. BY way Of compari.
'cn. it may be we'll to add that Niagara
Falls on the American side is 1914 feet.
high, and on the Canadian side, 15O feet
nigh. The width of the American falls
IS l,iOO feet, and of the Canadian falls
''out double that number.
In Indiana a husband, after q spree.
was led home by one Of his friends, who.
after posing him safely on the door steps,
rang the bell and retrcated some hat do.
Viously to the other side of the street, to
SEQ If it would be answered. PROMPTLY
The porte was "outverted." and the
fond spouse. who had waited up for her
truant husband, beheld him in all his
toddiness. "Why, Walter, is that you?"
"Yes, my DEAR" "What iu the world
has kept you SOP "Been O. out on little
turn with'eboys, my d-d-arling," "Why
Walter. you're intoxicated r. "Y- Yes,
dear, | estimate that's so" What ON
earth made you got so drunk? And why.
on, why, do you come to me in this dread.
fui state = Because, my darling, all
Mother places r shut npr
Don Pratt thus does up a clerical guest
1t Saratoga: "Look at that hugo AMI.
NAL at the next table. He Is clergyman
OF distinction, who is here to benefit his
health, after the arduous labors Of his
parish. He weighs two hundred and
fifty it pound. See how the OILY Aesh