, 1874-04-25
HuhsOR.

Questions for forists-Is not rich mandarin
China Astor?
A Colquitt {Gcoreia) minister haytng be.
come 4 father the thiItr-sccond time LOCAL
paper suggests that the boy be nn1ned ''Cau
Quit"
An exchange announces death in high life
in tbis fashion: ''Tle Dowagcr Duchess Of
Richmond is dead. She led uneyentfm life,
and wan paasionateiy fond Of boiled salmon.
An uncle left eleven silver spoons to his
nephew in his will, adding, I" He knows the rea~
son have not 1aft him the whole doZen." Ihe
nephew had stolen one.
-LyncA law is probably based on the spirit Of
IN old saying. When desperaioes abound, hon.
est people surrender to their leaders M ynrb,
arld then they take al " l." mud mako cods
called "Lynch Law"
The editor OF the Leavenwotth Daily Argns
remarks in the obituary OF his paper e We
went into the business determined to run 1t or
bust We have busted"
-''And 50 we go, said member Of Boston
School Committee; 81 our great men are fas: de-
partng,-hrst Greeley. then Chase and now
Sumner, r,-aud don't feel very we'll myself"
"A land agent in Colorado remarked to an in
quirng en15fant, that all that wak Needed to
make the place . paradise Was comfortable
climate, water, and good society "TLat is I'll
that is lacking in h-u,' was tie reply.
"A co1ored 3iissitsippi lcsisl.tor lately pro-
posed bill to mako each mesuber OF the Legs
and counsellor-at-law. His reasoning was d.
rect: Fo1," said he, il We know enough to
make dc laws, why don't We practice um Z" sue
enough, why not2
hi! where did yez get them tronserr ?"
asked an 1rishman Of man who appea4e1 to 30
passing With = pair OF remarkably short trousers
Oh, II got them where they grow" was the in
d,gnaut reply. 'Yhen by my conscience" said
Paddy, "you've pulled them year too soon."
-Joaquin Miller found Geneva full Of Ills
countrylnen, and asked to bo taken to some place
where there we're no Americans. The boatsnan
looked ut him for moment, then hopeleszly up
and down the lake and anay ACROSS toward Mount
Blanc, and at last shook his head; bu. suddenly
= new idea seemed to strike him, aud be lifted
his eyee toward Heaven.
Mr. Cobeigh loft Of his fannels on Thurs
day. and on Friday morning lie quietly said TO
his wiz, mid Coblaid, ged By udderg!oads dab
Rwick!"
-Horse-dealer to warering customer: We'll,
and 'is good points, but what say is, there is no
deception about is bad points-we can zee EN-.
But We can't none OF Us tell 'ow many good
points ha may ave till ne como to know en-"
The party took time to consider.
A lady Of Washington County, New York, is
mother OF large family OF Children and thoy
arc 4n rather dimlnntive: few days after tho
birth Of the Youngest @ little niece Of the lady
called to see the baby. After looking at the tiny
specimen for Il few minuteh the little g1ra said:
to have less OF EN-, and have 'em bigge<?'
-Qniz televes in ctemation, for the benefit
OF the soap t,ade. He knows lots Of peopls
whose aahes would make good lJe-
If cremation Ia undertaken to any coneide1-
able extent, it's 1athcr curious to reflect th4t its
principal opponents will bo tho undertakers.
He was q quaint old fisherman. One day,
along toward dusk, he wss fishing in trout
stream and, as hs threw his fly out over the
water, it was suddenly sneuped by huge bat
The strange looking thing tangled and dapred
its wings Ut the end Of the lEo. The fshcr-
mans companion called out: "Sav, Sam, got
anythingf" ..Yes-as,' looking at the bat on
his hook What Is it," "Goahl dunno,
in reviewing d. FitzEd-ard Halls work on
Abraham" Mr. Richard Grant White says:
" His treatment OF every one nho has UNDER
taken to help others in the study Of our common
mother-tonguo reminds us Of the conduct Of the
ehipnastet who came on deck 10 find that in his
absence, his mAte had undertaken to read the
burial service over the body Of departed FORE
topman, and h.d actually begun the solemn
taak-'I an,' etc. You the resurrection and
the life!' broke In tbs adronted skipper. Give
me the book am tho resurrection and the
UIe'" ~ ~ '~1~
"A Massachusetts farmer Gays: "My cattle
will follow me until leave the lot. and On the
way up to the barn-ya1d in the evening stop
and call for lock Of hay" Snithson SAYS
there is nothing at all remarkable about that.
He went into q barn-ya1d in the country ono
day lsat week, where he had not the slightest
acquaintance with the cattle, and an old bull
not only followed him until he left the lot, but
took the gate of the hinges snd raced with him
to the house In the most familiar way possible
S1nlthson s4ys he has no doubt thak the old fell
low would hAva called Tor something il be had
waited u little while, but he dlda't want to keen
the fo'he waiting for dinner, 60 he hung one tail
horns aud went into the house.