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A DISGRACEFUL EPISODE IN THE
ROTSE

The Louisville COmier-JOUnGrS Wash
ington correspondent telegraphs under date
of the Goth inst:
The members Of the House seem TO be
growing more unruly and boisterous every
day. Business is transacted amid the
greatest confusion. Yesterday the repre-
sentatives of the people indulged in a
scene which would have been a disgrace to
a town-meeting in an excited political con-
test. Toward the close of the session sew
eral amendments were offered TO the pend
ing bill by Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio; but
number of members, for some cause or
other, seemed determined that he should
not address the House, and as soon as he
opened his mouth they drowned his voice
by such calls as ''vote," vote vote
shear" Clear shear The scene was
kept az for over half an hour, and Mr..
Mayu.. a, " no was in the chair, was utterly
powellcss 10 stop the disgraceful scene.
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HER Young MAN,

Engaged young ladies" are done
by a writer in the JelCish Messenger,
who says: so nice, is it not, to be en-
gagged? Every morning her young man
calls upon her on his way to his office,
kisses her and presents her with
a fresh rose, so emblematic of herself:
and every evening he calls again, kis-
ses her, and bestows upon her a new
novel and a dainty bouquet. He
takes tea with her folks, and
admires the way In which
she presides over the table, and whis-
pers to her so softly; how delightful it
will be when she pOUrs ont the tea and
buffers the toast for him alone! Then
those heavenly evenings in the parlor.
with the gas dimly burning, the old
folks asleep, that horrid brother in the
theatre or the club, the teasing sister
studying her lessons in her bedroom
they two alone in their happiness; was
ever such bliss expected when she used
to talk to her schoolmates about her
future?"
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ABEL,s GHOST.

4 By j. W. WAItOct
author Of "Thanstops.s," .chllde Harold Ia old
Along the Potomac, !" but not OF the "Beauti-
| full Snow"
IT'S about five years since Abel Carr,
| A short, round-fayored, merry
/ Old soldier of the Rebel war,
Was welded 20
A most abominable shrew:
The temper, sir, of Shakspeare's Catharine
Could be no more compared to hers,
Than mine
To Lucifer's.
Her eye was like weasel's; she had harsh
Face ike a cranberry marsh,
With spots of white and red;
Hair the color
or a whisp of straw,
And a disposition
Like cross-cut saw.
The appellatiOn of this lovely dame
Was Ann or Nancy-don't forget the name.
Her brother David was a tall,
Coed looking chap, and that was all
One Of your
Mornings As they say
In this here State, picking up old jokes,
And cracking them on other folks.
Well, David undertook one night to play
The Ghost, and brighten Abel, who
He knew
Would be returning from journey through
A grove of forest wood
That stood
The house,
Some distance, half mile or 80.
With long, taper
Cap of white paper,
Just made to cover
A wig, nearly as large over
As corn basket; and sheet
With both ends made TO meet
Across the breast,
CThe way in which good ghosts are always
dressed.)
He took
His station near
A huge oak tree
Where he could overlook
The road and see
Whatever might appear.
1t happened about an hour before, friend Abel
Had left the table
of Dew Drop Inn,
Where he had made q halt
With his horse and wagon
To take aagon
Liquor and so forth; which being done
He went on
Caring no more for twenty ghosts
Than if they were so many posts
David was nearly tired of waiting,
His patience was abating;
At length he heard the careless tones
OF his kinsmsn's voice,
And then the noise
OF wagon wheels among the stones;
Abel was quite elated, and was roaring
With all his might, and pouring
Out, in great confusion,
Scraps Of old songs of the recent "Revolution."
His head was full of DOnelsOn and Chickamauga,
And jOvialy he sung and felt his grog,a
Soaring the whippOorwills among the trees
With rhymes like these:
ssSee the Yanks
At Malvern Hill,
With bayOnets declining,
With face about
And toes turned out,
And knapsacks brightly shining"
''See the Yanks-WhOa! why, what is that?"
Said Abel, staring like cat,
As slowly on the fearful figure strobe
Into the middle of the road
''My conscience what a suit of clothes?
Some crazy fellow suppose;
Hello! friend, what's your name?
By the powers of sin,
That's a strange garb TO travel in"
BE silent Abel; for now have come
To read your doom:
Then hearken while your fate now declare;
am a spirit''-sI suppose you are,
But You'll not hurt me and III tell YOU why,
Here is a fact which no man can deny:
All spirits must be either good
Or bad,
That's understood;
And be you good or evil, am sure
That I'm secure;
If good spirit, / am safe. If evil
And don't know but you NAV be the devil;
If that's the case, you'll recOlleet, 1 fancy,
That am married 10 your sister Nancy"
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Financial.

We hear of but little doing in financial
circles, and rates are entirely unchanged.
The banks loan to their customers at the
rate of ten per cent per annum, though
there is but little demand for discounts.
The brokers loan at the same rate, on call,
and require bonds and stocks as collaterals.
Gold opened in New York at 11?3, and
closed at 1884. For the small lots offered
here dealers pay 1116112, while they hold
at 113. Silver is taken al 103 for halves
and quarters.
Exchange on New York is bought by the
banks at par and is sold by them at 81 per
thousand premium.
Government bonds are higher. There is
very seldom any inquiry for them here, as
they are considered high. The following
are the quotations at 2:l5:
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from wagon at $50 per bushel.

from wagon at s1.50 per bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-We quote at S3HSsc for
apples and quarter peaches, and lOs611c
for half peaches.
EeGs-We quote at lie per dozen from
wagon.
POrAToEs-Only eating now sold. We
quote at s1.50n1. so per bushel for Peach
blows from store.
FEATHERs-We quote at SOC, and mar
ket dull.
BEEswAx-We quote at CSC.
RAGs-Dull at PC
GNsENe-We hear Of sales at $1,000
LOS.
WooL-We heard of small sales at 25n
SOC for unwashed, and 40c for washed.
BROOM CoKN-In demand at 5dTc.
HAY-Hungarian s17n1S perton; clover
Sl7d1S; timothy, prime S22625.
BUTTER-We quote good country at 25c,
and market weak.
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Tennessee bonds are quoted in New
York at 81 and at Csc. There is nOinvest-
ment demand for them here, and no one
seems to buy but dealers. They offer s.
and &c. The past due coupons are worth
about &c.
COmptroller's warrants are very dull,
They may be quoted at Csc buying and &c
selling.
Our local securities are dull, with no
transactions that We hear of. For quota
tions We refer to those given by the Nash
vile Savings Company, corner Union and
College streets.
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Animated Machinery

Our bodies are like time-pieces When they
run down we must wind them nm: otherwise
they will stop forever What key will perform
this WORK OfrenOvation? Experience has shown
that it can be accomplished more rapidly and
certainly by course of HOstetter,s Stomach
Bitters than by any other article under the sun.
That searching yet harmless agent seems to
reach every spring, and lever, and wheel, 80 TO
speak, OF the living machine, The relaxed
nerves are braeed, the torpid liver is stirred the
weak stomach Is strengthened, the disordered
bowels are regulated, the lost appetite is re-
stored, the clouded mind is brighte ned-in short,
the whole inert system is stimulated into healthy
action New lite is put into every failing fibre
and phvsical regeneration ensueS. This Is TIA.
testimony of thousands. In every city. town
and village OF the Union, living proofs of its eff
ncacy may be found. APPS deod1w&w1t
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Nashville Provision Market.

Market firm and unchanged. We quote
packed from store as follows:
BULK MEATs-ShOuldeTs &c; clear rib
sides 9tc; clear sides 92c-
BACON-Shoulders Sc; clear rib sides
10tc; clear sides 103c; country hams 12c.
CHOICE HAMs-Hart & Hensley's G. C..
G. hams 1870.
LARD-We quote prime in tierce 10A6
10sc; pastry in tierces 10Rd10sc; half bar
rels lie; kegs 12c; buckets 12ac.
BREAKFAST BAcON-We quote at
11tc.
BEEF ToNGUEs-We quote at $500 per
dozen.
DRIED BEEF-We quote new lie
Smoked Pie ToNGUEs-We quote at Coo
per doz.
Country bacon which commands better
prices than packers cure continues in de-
mand, and We heard of sales from wagon
to-day at SIC for shoulders, 103e for sides
and IL &c for hams. Dealers charge am ad-
vance of about &c on above quotations from
store.
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Nashville Live stock Market.

CATTLE-We quote at 2d4Ic, according
to quality. Good selections in demand,
and inferior hard to dispose of.
SHEEP-We quote at S3.O065.00 per
head, according to quality, with good sup
ply on the market.
HOGs-We heard Of sales at 4id5ic, ac-
cording to weight. Buyers inform us that
they are willing to give fraction more for
extra weights.
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1t is related that the person in
charge of the late Senator Summers
residence, in Washington, recently had
all the buttons cut off his coat by a
party of ladies and gentlemen who
found the coat lying on the bed, and
supposed il to have been Mr.. Summers.
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held at 105c Bulk meats dull hut un
changed; shoulders &C; clear rib Sc for
| spot; buyers for May delivery SIC; clear 81
Bacon steady; shoulders quiet at &c; clear
/ rib 9lc; clear 9se. Whisky-demand fair
and market firm at 93c.
LOutsvEIle Markets. e
LOUISVILLE, April 2T.-Flour quiet
and unchanged. Wheat quiet and uu-
changed; amber S1.40; white S1.45. Corn
quiet and unchanged at 75a76e. Oats quiet
and unchanged at 57a5Sc. Rye quiet at
$l.10. Provisions quiet. Mess pork SIT.
Bulk meats-shOulGers 6ze; clear rib Sc;
clear 95c. Bacon-shOulders Tic; clear rib
9sc; clear Toe. Sugar-cured hams 12ia13s
plain Halle Lard-tierces 10taf03e,
kegs 10sa1lc. Whisky 93c.
Chicago Markets
CHICAGO, April %. = Flour dull and
prices are nominal. Wheat quiet and IN
changed; No. 1 spring nominal; No. 2
strictly fresh S1.25a1. 25t for spot; SI25
for May delivery; S1.26aa1.26s for June
delivery. Corn steady; No. 2 mixed &c
for spot; 64sc for May delivery; &c for
June delivery. Oats steady at 46c cash;
1910 for May delivery. Rye dull and prices
dropping at 92c. Barley dull and prices
are nominal at S1-5Sa1.6O for No. 2. Mess
pork steady at S16.25 for spot or for May
delivery; S16.45 for June delivery. Lard
500 cash or for May delivery; S9.S5 for
June delivery. Bulk meats-shoulders 81
loose for july delivery; clear rib Ssc loose
for spot. Whisky steady at Csc.
IT. Louis Markets.
ST.. LOUIS, April 27.-Flour d1ll and
unchanged; superfine S4.25a4.75; Y S4.T5a
SIS; XIX S5.25a5.75; family S6.75a7.75.
Wheat dull and prices drOOping; No. 2
spring 81 .26a1. 265; No. 2 red winter offer
ell at $40; S1.37 bid. COrn-demand
active and prices advanced, No. mixed
67a67ic; 6Sa6S5e for last half of May de-
livery. Oats active and advanced TO 49a5t'c
for track; 5la52c for elevator. Barley duh
and prices nominal. Rye steady at S1-OOa
1.02. Mess pork dull and prices dropping;
standard mess offered at SIG. -. Bulk meats
dull and prices nominal; round loose lots
held, shoulders &c; clear rib SIC; clear SIC
but no buyers at these prices. Bacon dull
and prices shade lower; shoulders SsaSse,
clear rib 93c; clear 95a02c. Lard quiet
and unchanged. Whisky steady at 94c.
HOGS quiet; range at 5a6c. Cattle dull but
unchanged; prime and native choice 5a6c.
Memphis Markets.
MEMPHIS, April 27.-Flour quiet and
weak at S5a9.25. COTn-demand fair and
market at SIC. Oats scarce and firm at 57a
Sc. Mess pork steady at STD. Lard
demand light but holders firm at 1Oaa111c.
Bacon-demand light but holders firm;
shoulders T3aTac: clear rib lOalO4e. Sugar
cured hams 1laal2sc.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-28

Miss HELEN DICKENS, daughter of
Charles Dickens, it is said. has won
much praise by a novel entitled The
Mill-Wheel. 1t will soon be revolving
around here. .- ...
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BANKING.
Third National Bank.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
ROARD OF DIRECrORs:

BOARD OF DIkECTOBS:
". W. BERRY, CHAS. z. HILLMAN,
JOHN KIRKMAN, EDGAR JONES,
DEMPSEY WEAVER.
HJRANSACTS A GENERAL EXCHANGE
Business and Deals in United States Bonds
and Gold. EDGAR JONES, Cashier.
w W. BERRY, President.
JNO. KIRKMAN, Vice-President.
eeDl Iy
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Nashville Flour and Grain Market.

FLoUR-The market is firm to-day, but
not quotably higher. Wequote as follows:
Superfne $500; Xxx $3.50; xxx $3.50;
choice family SS25dS.50.
Corn MEAL quote at SOdS2s &c for
unbolted and bolted in depot.
CORN-Shipments to-day of 1 900 bushels
at Sc, sacked and delivered in depot.
Market stiff and higher.
WHEAT-TransactiOn light. We quote
at 81 .2561.4 40 per bushel.
OATs-We quote at 6S667c, sacked and
delivered in depot.
HRAE-We quote at S17G1S per ton,
loose, and S2ld22 per ton in depot.
Nashville Produce Market.
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STRAYED.

- Cloyd, on 18th April, dark bay mare mule,
II hands high; right eye smaller than the left,
and has many harness marks. A liberal reward
VIII be paid for her return TO at No. IS Syca-
more street. L. A CLOYD. APPS 3tk
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, April 81 Flour quiet
and unchanged; western superfine S4.75a
$50; family S7.25aS.25; Y S6.00a6.50.
Wheat quiet and firm; Ohio and Indiana
Sl55a1.65; western spring S1.5Oa1.53.
Corn dull; western mixed S2lc; old Csc.
Oats steady; western 60a63c. Rye quiet.
Provisions, better feeling but nothing
Offering. Mess pork S17.25al7.75. Bacon
in moderate demand; shoulders DC; clear
rib sides 1O4c. Butter-market bare for
western. Coffee quiet and unchanged.
XVI:eJ-.y orr,iaf Of 81 02
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View York Live stock Market.

NEW YORK April ZI:0BeeyeSLreceipts
to-day 1920 making $3.50 for the past
week against 900 for the same time last
week; quality generally fair to good and a
larger per centage better than last week;
demand fair and market fairly active,
about last Fridays quotations which was
nearly &c lower than on previous Monday;
a few fancy steers sold at 12sal3e; best was
outside price; strictly prime steers 9al2lc.
The extreme drOves were all sold before
noon and the market closed firm. Sheep
active and bouyant at an advance OF &c
closing firm at 7aSsc for unshOrn aud sal!
for sheared. Hogs in demand and firm at
5sa6c with 3 cars Of Ohio hogs, 162 lbs, at
e.. dr,Ssa1 aasiar al TsaI9c
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New Orleans Markets.
Cincinnati Markets.

CINCINNATI. April 7.-Flour-Market
dull and unchanged; family s6.65aT.GO.
Wheat-demand fair and market firm At
Sl-45. Cor;l-'lemand fair and marke, firm
at 6jA6Sc. Oats steady at 5Oa56e. Barley
dull but unchanged Mess pork quiet at
S16.62.. Lard steady steam 10c; kettle
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WANTED.
FOR RENT.

Don AQUA SPRINGS privileges for rent.
D-Those who wish to bidfor lease of store, sa-
loon, two billiard tables and alleys, or either Of
them, for the approaching season, can do 50 by
filing their bids with me by the first day of May
next. ]. F. ROBERTSON, No. . Cedar st.
ap22 1w
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chicago Live stock Markets.

CHICAGO, April 7-Cattle-reee:pts g.,
OC0; market very quiet and prices not
quotably changed; good to choice steers are
selling at $5.30a5.75; extra Stia6.5O; corn
fed Texans S4.5Oa5.O0; stockers S4.25a4.95;
shipments 5000. Hogs-reeeipts $1,000;
market rather dull and prices 1Oc lower,
range 81 1ja5.35 for poor to medium; S4.35
AIS for good TO choice; shipments 1888.
Sheep-receipts 6,SOO; market dull and
mechanical.
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TO LOAN.

FINO LOANS 600, one year. on stocks or
i bonds as collateral. r. W. BROWN, Agent
an9a
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BANKING.
RANKING HOUSE
Nashville Savings Company.

l. g. TARBOX, Cashier.
THOS. q. MARI, President
Deposits received and interest allowed thereon;
Loans Negotiated; Collections Made,
and General Banking Bust
JAM ~ ness transacted.
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LIVERPOOL, April q. = Cotton firm;
middling upland s!aSs; middling Orleans
esaS4d- Sales 1900 bales; American L.
500 bales; speculation and export 5000
bales.
NEw YORK, April 27.-Cotton dull;
middling upland life; futures closed
steady; sales of 2S100 bales as follows:
April delivery 17a17 1-32e; May delivery
II 3-S2a17sc; June delivery 17aa17 1890;
July delivery II 11-16a17 3l-32c; august
delivery Is 3-1ea1sI; September delivery
IL 15-l6a1Sc; October delivery 17sc; Nov
ember delivery 17sc.
NEW ORLEANS, April 27.-Cotton-
fair but mostly at prices below quotations;
sales 400 bales; prices stronger and
closing at an advance of tase; good or
binary to strictly good ordinary 15ta61 &c;
low middling to strict low middling 16sa
Tic; middling to strict middling 17Sal7se;
good middling 1Sa1s4c; receipts 625 bales;
exports to Great Britain ], 1854 bales; stock
13T,264 bales; unsold $1,000 bales.
MEMPHIS, April 27-COttOn quiet and
unchanged; middling 16sa17. Receipts
for the past day 107 bales; shipments for
the past twenty-four hours 1,22S bales;
STOCK 81, los bales.
GALVESTON. April 27.-Cotton steady;
good ordinary 15sc.
MOBILE, April q. - Cotton qniet and
firm; middling 16sc; good ordinary 15te;
net receipts S31 bales; sales 50J bales.
CHARLESTON, April 27.-COtton quiet
and steady; middliRg 1870; low middling
16tc; good ordinary 15sc; net receipts 564
bales. exports to continent 2O5 bales: coast
wise 1905 bales; sales 200 bales.
SAVANNAH, April 27-CottOn qniet and
firm; middling 16sc; net receipts 757 bales;
gross receipts 764 bales; exports coastwise
$40 bales sales 1872 bales.
ST.. LOUIS, Ap il 27.-COtton firm and
/! higher for middling, 17sc.
LOUISVILLE, April q. - Cotton quiet
and unchanged at 1870.
CINCINNATI, April -Cotton-market
1liet and unchaDred af lie
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sew Yorh eeneral ,Iarket.

NEW YORK, April 2I.-FIour was a
shade frmer; superfine Western and State
$5.S5a6.O5; extra Ohio S6.3ja7.G0; st.
Louis 81. 40a11.0O. Wheat in fair demand
and slightly higher; No. 2 spring SI-5la
1.53. Rye quiet S1.l0a1.l5. Barley dull.
Corn closed quiet; new western mixed S4a
S65c. Oats shade frmer at 625a643 &c.
Coffee quiet. Sugar fiFmer at 7aa7s. Pork
quiet; new mess .S16.S5; middles quiet;
short clear middles 1O4c. Lard firm; prime
steam 10 3-16a10!c for spot; 10tc for May
delivery; 1OSa10 7-16c for June delivery.
Whisky firmeT at 9S5c.
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New York Dry Goods Market.

NEW YORK, April 27.-Business was
only moderately active with commission
houses and jObbing trade lacks animation.
The market for cotton goods was quiet but
steady in first hands with a fair demand
for medium grade. Bleaehed shirtings and
four yard brown cOttOnS. Prints are less
active. Pereales and printed shirtings are in
good demand. Ginghams are dull. Wool
en- goods are very quiet. Grey dress goods
and black silks are fairly active.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, April q, ) P..M.-COnSOls for
money 92sa92s; account 92sa92s. United
States 5-20s of '65, 1864; 1867, 10SI;
10-4Gs 104a; new IS, 104!; New York
Central, IS; Erie, S2..;; preferred -. The
amount of bullion withdrawn from the
bank Of England on balance to-day f121,-
900. The rate of discount in open market
for three months bills IS 81 percent, which
is the same as Bank of England rate.
LIVERPOOL April 27.-Breadstuffs are
quiet and unchanged
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Nashville Produce Market
PEANUTs-Sales to-day of $50 bushels
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held at 105c. Bulk meats dull hut un
changed; shoulders &c; clear rib Sc for
spot; buyers for May delivery ssc; clear 81
Bacon steady; shoulders quiet at &c; clear
rib 95c; clear 9se. Whisky-demand fair
and market firm at Ole.
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NashVlIIe anu OnAItAIUOg = flaIIrUau DOuus'
Io-........ %
%. "
Nashville and Chattanooga and St Louis
Railroad, LIST mortgage, .............. IS
Nashville and Decatur Railroad bonds, sec
ond unorrOaOe. 6is IS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-23
PHUNNYGRAMS.

Engaged for every set-A hen.
How to tell the weight of fish-by
his scales.
"A wag calls bigamy Utahlizing the
female sex
A happy tune-Fortune. 1t is not
common meter.
The wife's secret-Her opinion of
her husband.
"A hen in Carlisle, Pa, is exercising
the civil right of laying black eggs.
Those Iowa grasshoppers wink at
Paris green and smile at hot water.
The crash Of a falling somnambulist
of Eau Claire, Wis, was heard two
blocks away
-Sheboygan has three young ladies
who claim to have refused Sartoris when
he was a farmer there.
Never believe an evil is dead The
devil never lets go, and it's only a trick
when he pretends to.
All the difference: A thief running
away is a scamp, but the policeman's
chase after him is scamper.
-WOman's affections should not be
carelessly lavished. She can never be
happy until they are well husbanded.
That @ little birds do in their nests
agree" is no credit to the little birds, be-
cause it would never do for them to fall
out.
There is nothing more calculated to
weaken a boys character than to get his
fishing-hook fastened on rubbish in the
river
At Humboldt, Ind, the grasshoppers
have become so rayenous that the citi-
zens are getting their crop Of saw-logs
under cover.
"A Detroit farmer keeps his boy in
nights by vanishing chair and setting
him down. It's a novel plan, but awful
tough on the trousers.
Street boys have wonderful secret.
They know how to steal and eat green
cherries without being caught by either
the policemen or the cholera.
One Paradise has been sued for
SANDER by Miss Wartz, of Brooklyn,
WhereupOn some one remarks: "That's
Wartz the matter with Paradise"
"A Virginia City (Nev) lawyer has
this notice placarded on the door of his
office: ''All book-peddlers and canvass
ers who enter herein viii be ruthlessly
slaughtered and destroyed"
There is a goose of hen in Spring
field, Ohio, who laid her eggs up in an
apple-tree, and when last heard from was
sitting on bough, not comprehending
that her eggs went to grass as fast as she
laid them.
An Irish post-boy having driven a gen
tleman a long stage during torrents of
rain, the gentleman cvilly said to him:
"Paddy, are you not very wet?" {" Ar
rah, don't care about being very wet;
but, PLACE yer honor, I'm very dry
One evening at Paris cafe group
of idlers were discussing politics and
people who change their opinions
"Well," said one, 1--WE never cried
Long live anybody!'" "Quite So" re
marked another, "but then you're a doc