, 1876-01-30

EDWIN AND ANGELINA.
] he INSISTS on THE NECESSITY FoE EcoSoN1ztSo'
AND SIZE ECONOMIES.
Edwin has hanleriDg after political ccono-
my aud things Of that sort, and makes An5oi'-
ms life burden to her With lectures upon the
tendency Of the ago to extravaganza. the shrlaR-
ago Of values, the necessity of taking speedy
steps towards specie resumption. a1d TIE ike.
Thursday lie said to her at the dinner table, stlr-
ring bis tea meanwhile in 9 very profound man
ner: "Angelina, the only hope for tho public
benefit lies in private virtue. That great mnn'
Henry Carey Baird. has calculated, and his esti-
mntos have been verified By that eminent stalls
tician. Alexander Demar, somo OF whose letters
in tho Inter- Ocean you may not have read, that
if every one OF the 100000 families in tho
American Union would oa1y skim the soap-Stcaso
off Of their dlshwaier and invest its proceeds IN
sinking fund at per cent, compound interest,"
ths proceeds in 100 years mouths aud II days
would pay of the national debt. T,cro IS ut
present a shrinkago OF values to which wo must
accommodate ourselves ii ne anticipate OF desire
q return TO the only solid foundation of specie
payments. Economize, my love-" he sa1d
taking another lump of saeer. "cconom!ze-
Now Angelina has. as she says, got tired OF
being preached at and for hc- part cant sec
why sir, etc On Friday morning Edwin
camo down to breakfast aud found Angelina pre-
siding oVeT tho breakfast trar. smiling as 70 her
oyes, frowning as to her forehead, and amb!gu-
Gus US to her mouth. She passed Edwin
smoking cup Of colrce- Flo took q drink there
of; hls lower jaw fell like tho tail board Of 4
coai-cart, and the accurscd beverage streamcd
out OF the corners Of his mouth and upon his
shirt-front. Holy amokc. Angefina.' ha At
length calculated, lido you want to poison me?
What's that 2" 80" rojoi11ed angelina, II
thought III begin to retreach at once. SO put
its own weight OF burned peas to the coffee.
1t eaycs half our bill, you see," she CON
difference, would you'" "Bnt," said Ed
win, here's sangle nail, and two
chunks OF susar-cane. and bit Of hoop, and .
fathom Of pc.ticont binding. and teaspoonful
Of alluyium At tho bottom Of my cup. Aud hare
you nothing but Afuacovsdo susar in tue honso ]?
II wero running house Id never let MY sup
ply OF loat-sugar run short" 20. yes re-
sponded his apouse, ''but wanted to ccono-
mize. so got this. It only coHts cents.-thc
other is 49," Then she fed Edwin with round
steak instead of porter-houso. aud comfortcd
him with bran broad, which is mucl, less e1pen-
siye than white, and gave him some nice chrome
yellow butter encrueted With salt crystals
and when he came home at night answered
the bell herself with her skirt thrown
over her head and patches of coal-dnst
in he- nose and checks, declaring that sho had
dispensed with the services Of the eerycnt-girl
80 as to save 81 weeI. Whom Edwin went to
bed at night he sank through q deceptive super
stratum Of straw mattress mud printed impress
sions of bcd-slats upon himself from the calves
Of his legs to the nape OF his neck. Then he roso
up in his wrath and eaid that ho wanted his
house run doccnt1y il the nation Eas wheluied
in q sea Of bankruptcy, and that, by tho great
horn spoon. if there vasn't cof2co and loaf sugar
for breakfast next day he'd know why.