The Arizona sentinel., 1875-08-28

man advertised for a servant girl, and one of his three wives knock.
 ed at the door in less than five
 hours after the paper was out.
 Van Vert. O., is exercised over a man aged 99 years. It is the intention of the town to keep him alive for the Centennial at all
 hazards.
 A lazy fellow falling a distance of fifty feet, and escaping with On- ly few scratches a bystander re- marked that he was "toO slow to
 fall fast enough to hurt himself
 An Indiana woman has sued her husband for divorce on the ground of his keeping his head shaved so carefully that she has never yet been able to get a grip at his wool.
 The son of a clergyanm was de- fivering college valedictory,
 when in pulling out his handker- chief, he pulled out pack of cards. 'HallOr he exclaimed, 'PVe got on my fathers coatp
 But few women-if we may trust the assertion of the Brooklyn Ar- 9IS-are so handsome that they can bear to hear another WOman's charms eXtolled, without looking around for a mirror to see if their crimps are right.
 On a tombstone in Ramsey :. graveyard the following very singular inscription appears "Mary DaWkins, who, having been tap ped for the dropsy forty-six times, reposes in Christ, September |, 1926 :"
 Sarah, you're a good gal, but there ain't no gal agOing to call for two plates of ice-cream on me and keep ne for her feller" ing remarks of a young gentleman of East Broadway upon parting with his inamOrata.
 A 'CulIed chap was hugging salmOn-cOlored maid on the leVee last night when she whispered sweetly in his ear, I don't mind yer huggin' me, Jim, but, fo' de Lords sake. don't touch dat bile on de back O my neck
 A few days since a man in San Francisco street car handed babe to lady to hold for him while he stepped out for a minute to see man. The thoughtless individu- al forgot to return, and the lady was obliged to take tn e child home with her.
 A few days since the ladies of LOmpOc met and went through" the drug store of the village, de- strOying all fluids found of an in- toxicatiug character. Lompoc is a temperance colony, and one of the conditions of purchase or ten- antry ofproperty within it's limits, is that spirituous or malt liquors shall not be sold or given away by purchasers or tenants.
 The following singular adver- tisement has appeared in the Lon don MOrni'ag Post. IA lady is anxious to fine a home for young lady in whom she is deeply inter- ested, as wife to man with or with out children. She has good health, good temper, cultivated mind, quiet and homely tastes, deep re- ligiOus principles, and devoted to children. A Plymouth brother would be preferred. Any one who gets her will bless God for such a life-companiOn. Address," etc.
 Two coIored men took refuge under tree in a violent thunder | storm. Julius, can you pray 9 said one. No, Sam was the re- ply 'nebber prayed in my life.' Well, can't you sing a hym% | Just then the lightning struck a tree near by, shivering it when the first speaker exclaimed; See heah, honey, sumffin' 'ligious has got to be done, and dat mighty suddin, too, s'pose you pass around the hat?'
 KALAKAUA's OPINION. What does your Majesty think of Ameri- can wOmen?'' said a reporter to King KaIakaua. "I think they are handsome, bold, and forward; why 1 actually received letters from ladies in New York, Wash | ingtOn, and Boston. plainly pro- posing marriage. I am a bache- Tor; but when I want to marry a woman I will ask her. I do not | like to have women propose. It is, in my opinion, wrong"
 The Austin ReUeiUe, relates the following: A lady dressed in a pin-back of the most pin backed 1 est style, while walking on Main i street one forenoon, dropped a small bundle from her hands. The | bundle may have contained her diamonds, and it may have con- II L