, 1874-07-26

children, sew button on the neck OF her hus
bands shirt and hunt his hat, 80 to nlsslo1
| Sundav-school and tcnch q class, attend church
rush home and have dinner over and the thing
cleared away in time for afternoon Sunday
echool, read the Sunday school papers to sh
childrea. go to church at night, aud talk on he
l-way home about Sunday rs "dny OF rest =
burlington (Id.) Hauk-Eye.
| Tho Eastern women who nFe burned allv'
with their deceased husbands often utter ehrlek
that would pierco tho hearers to tho soul. and tt
prevent compassion which would endange1 th'
reign OF superstition, the priests, with drum'
and c7mbalB, drown the terrific ccicB OF their vic
tins These widows OF India ascend the fuuera
pile with 4 fortitudo that man could never dis
play, aud cnsu1ousy yield NJ their lives to bar
barous usage which, II ulen had been called uPot
| to endure it, would neTcr Aaye been perp pctuated
-lfr. Bancroft.
Miss Moore, OF East Liberty, Pa, publishes
this challenge in tho pttsburs Post: :" Hearing
| Of SO many Pedestrians OF late, but mono Of lie
old -timers, avail myself Of the opportunity oi
challenging any man in tho Stn:o OF Ponnsylva-
mia to walk with mo lO0 miles in twenty-fou1
hours for the aum OF 81, 000.
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Post thinks that
| to deny women the elective franchise because
they cannot bear arms would not bo ono whit
| more unreasonable than to deny mon the ballot
| because they cannot bear children.
| -T,sht-Iacius is eaid to DO coming into FASH
| ion again for tho convenience OF short-armed
| lovers.
| Young ladies' subject to nervous debility in
| summer ought to beware OF taking too much ex-
| erciae. They should, as much IS possible, lie
quletly upon tae sota ano saAe1 tae1S "otaeks
to fan them ,-.-..
| IL eloped from each other q few nights ago,
which was tho first time they had ever been
| known to entertain the same opinion
| some men ere pofn 70 misfortune. a.
Fourth OF July picnic CoVngton CHAP got his
eve punched for speaking to another fellow g
glfi, and when ne tcarfully explained that ne y y
knowed her these thlrty-hse years, ne got all
his hair pulled OUT.
Smith has doue this in honor Of the lady ho
has lust taken ont Of her weeds:
The gleam Of her oyo was bright,
Tho CLEAN Of her gold was brightet.
The first was Z beautiful sight,
The second beautiful sshter.
When Tennessee husband will horsewhip
his wife for washing potatoes in his Sunday
plug hat it is ti1no to inquire whether this gen
GRAFTON OF men isn't getting to bo too confounded
hieh-toncd for the age OF tho century?
"A young lady and gentleman, aged respect
lively II and 13 years, wero married at Could
town, 1ich., last week. When last seen, they
wore qaarrcling over pound Of mixed candies,
and throwing out vague iu.,1nations about d.
vorce @ ~ ''~'N''@' "''1' ~
-" Boy" said traveller to diso5edient
youth whom he encountered, "dou't you hear
your father speaking to you ?" "Oh, y-a-a-s,"
replied the youth, " but I don't mind what he
SAYS: Mother don't, neither and tvixt she and
we've about got the dog 30 he don't"
He went back on his own tue love because
she ate onions, and tho jury gave her $500
damages-
Refusal on the part Of Il husband to push
the bnby-wagou On Sunday is to be made cround
for q divorce.
"A lady correspondent OF Western journal
thinks there ought 10 be statute Of limitation
against the roappearauco Of long-ioat husbands.
We fnd tho following item il an Illinois pa
per: 'Mr. -, who has been in retirement for
. few weeks nfter marrying and burying threa
sisters, camo up smilingly to the altar again
yesterday, having begun on new family"
"A young lady Who couldn't get lea7e to 70
to picnic yesterday, said sho was 80 mad she
believed il she would bite anybody it would be
suro death from poison. young man standing
by remarked that he wanted to be victim in
case Of that klndr
A Connecticut girl 13 years old tried to
staryo herself to dea:h because her beau de-
serted her, but At tito ond Of the eecoad d.y yas
induced to give it up by the promise OF slice OF
bread and butter with sugar on.
WAS overheard to remark, ''sarah, you arc too
ali-killn swcat," and feg moments afterwards
permitted her to pay her street car-fare no to the
city
servant. 1t is taken from the Uondn,. ,1onr
aal: "Let tho mistress OF the house take two
pounds of tho very best self-control, q pound
and half patience, pound and la}f Of ius-
tice pound OF consideration, npd pound or
discipline. Let this be swcetened with charity.
let it simmer we'll and let it be taken in daily ar
lin extreme caaes] in hourly .:doses-and bo Eent
always on hand. Then the domestic wheels vii
run quite smoothly"
=" Tn not in mourning" said q Young radv
frankly TO querist 'sbut ns the widows ara cet
ting ali tho offers nouadayg. We Door nria ID bava
~ fesuls " alauce'
,1o,1 IA s,raat h,s1a,a Saau 10 1Aey walked
and contented as txo ch,ldre-, ;rst 1,s 90