, 1876-08-27

: LOW C1Al EEN e FAIES
them to paint my portrait. When it is finished
will send it home to Richmond to show yor
what the old masters can do"
young scapegrace notorious for his pranks
and practical jokes, who came Of age the Other
day, awoke the family at midnight by loud crie:
of" Man in the houser'
sympathy is sweet,-swectcr than moonlight
or 1nolasses,-but you can't safely fool around 8
seasick man with too much uf it, so louc as he
has strength enough left to kick.
The women at Saratoga are betting high on
| the races this year. A lady correspondent SAYS
that these sporting danes "go on about the
horses in a manner shameful to behold"
Rhode Island farmers cut hay in the night.
| When one OF them gets nervous and can't sleep,
! he gets up and mows the State over, after
| which he gocs to bed and gets good nights 5
| rest.
All Right Salyc, manufactured by F. Kirk
Stephens, is tile best curative ever made,-a fact
| evidenced by the great extent of its sales DR..
| Stephens treats corns at l4 Dearborn street,
| Room 2.
The Fircmen's Insurance Company is realiz-
! ing the benefits Of contining its risks to this
| city, not having sustained loss since the 18th
Of last month. Five per cent premium is now bid
| for its stock.
massachusetts manufacturer has been
granted q patcnt-rght for q noisecss shoe,
which will be great convenience to the kicker,
but dreadfully discouraging to the kicked, be-
cause he will never hear squeak till he's hit
Political clubs arc busy as ever making pre7a-
ratfons for the campaign, and wire signs and
banners are being prepare1 III seemingly inex-
haustible quantities for each party by the pop
ular manufacturer, W. E. Blair, 173 Madison
street.
Aged Retainer ito Gardeucr)--" It's bad Job
about young master being took SO sudden like
hain't to be wondered at; I never could keep
him out Of the orchard, he were such boy TOR
fruit!''
II the money which our young men throw
away every day for cigars were devoted to char
ity, every man, woman, aud child in Rome could
nave lcc-ere2m for supper, and tile stomaell-ache
and three kinds OF cholera medicine before
morning.-Rome Sentinel.
vessel, fixed in the focus Of conical silvcred
mirror. In this you can boil potatoes meat,
fruit: or anything. So il picnickers can only
secure twenty minutes sunshine they need not
be condemned to eat cold lunch.
Fresh novelties in literature are not what one
would naturally look for at an ':old-book t:
store" yet it is q fact that almost any desirable
publication can be found amid the infinite "a
riety exhibited ut Daldwin's original cheap book
store, 201 South Clark street.
II the Lawrence Eagles little story Of Con-
gresslnan Tarbox is true, he is pretty good ex-
ponent OF the opinions Of many people, includ-
Mayor an important question about the city
finances arose, and city official asked his opi,i-
ion of the case: "D-n the finances.'' said the
Mayor, II don't understand 'em.''
Norristown Herald: Some one who has been
searching history announces that up to the Rev
olutiun no American had ever exercised the Of
flee Of General. The highest field rank eyer
permitted to colonist was Colonel In those
"good old days ~ q man might enter crowded
bar-room in the South and say, Come up, Gen
eral, and take drink,' without every man in
the room responding. It is vastly different
noT.
tral Africa by DR.. schweinfurth, few years ago,
and by him transferred to the care of Count
Ainisealchi, Of Verona, to be educated, are now
under the tutelagc OF Signor Scarabella and his
have also made some progress in studying Lat
in, end Tho, the elder, is developing taste for
music. kiarallah, the younger, lacks the docil-
ity and gentlencss Of his brother: and sometimes
becomes ungoyerable.
'"Look here, where was ycou born?'' said
persistent Yankee to five minutes acquaint-
ance. II was born," said the victim, sin Bos-
ton, fremont street, No. II, lefthand side, on
the 1st day Of August, 1920, at 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon: physician, DR.. Warren: nurse, Sally
Benjamin. Yankee was answered c0mn1ntelv
For moment b. was stuck. Soon. however.
his face Frightened, and he Quickly said:
" Yeas; waal, calculate you don't recollect
whether it was frame or brick building, dew
yce''
.1o e.,
AS a.. Io1g iut'efa! procession was Wenqmg IT'S
way last oalufaay " we e. ce!ngtely near DaYen-
port, ID, tne ara'er o1 Inc MIN carnage gave
hay-stack py Tue ROAD cut Wtn ms wnlp, anu
strncK nornet,s nest; hundred; OF hornets
sMarmeo .ou5 ol ING Stack anu attacked norses,
a%1vcrs, % anu nonrhers. Horses reared anu
oroSe lnso run, women Wieloed 1ans ana par
asois anu sh1lehca lntefmlttently' men swung
tnclr handkcrchlefs anu swore consistently. In
deed, tue corpse was thc only party that Kept
ms temper anu bore III MIND the solemmty of
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i HIS Is 6DmcLllnT 01 peculiar interest to all