The Arizona sentinel., 1876-05-20
MISCELLANY.

1t is urged that men who trust
too much to the counsel of their
wives come to grief, and Adam,
Samson, and Delknap are cited as
proofs.
The laws are generally equal to-
all circumstances. In order to get
jurynien whose minds have not
been made up, men are selected
with very little mind to make up.
Nothing will dry a woman's
eye and check her sObs quicker,
at a funeral, than the detection OF
a new style of fiounce on neigh
boring nourner'S dress.
If you have any friends or re-
latives in PhiIadel phia, now is
your time to drop them line,
saying you'll be on to see 'em
soon.
Women do more head work than
men; that is, it takes some WO-
men four hours to do up their hair
for an evening party, while good
smart man can do up his in three
hours and fifty seconds, easy.
"PhiIadelphia. wants a church"
says an exchange, Gin which a
man wearing old clothes will feel
at.hOme." Just as if a man wear
ing old clothes could feel at home
anywhere.
John asked Julia if she would
have him. NO" said she, 81
will not have yOu;" but before
John could recover from tn shock
she archly put in, "but you may
have me-"
An Iowa woman has a kettle
cast in 1913. But unless that ket-
tie was once tied to to the tail of
George Washiugton's dog, it does
MT possess enough historical in
terest TO be sent to the Centennial.
A Passiac father wants to know
''what will keep a respectable bu t
poor young man from hanging
round the front of the house"
Tell him the girl is sitting on the
back fence.
Mrs. John Smiths baby was
born on the 10Th of February, and
Mr.. John Smith wants to know
on what day his baby will be a |
year old. This question must be
considered by our American phi
losopherS.
A little fellow, being told by a
young man to get off his knee,
that he was too heavy to hold in
that way, created quite a sensa-
ton among the persons present
by yelling back: "TOo heavy,
hey? Sister Sal weighs a hun
dred pounds more than |, and
you held her in your knee for
four hours last night"
Four burglars stole $1,000 of a
widow in Oakland, the other
night. and her -in-laW shot
two of them, captured the third,
and recovered all the money.
When asked why he treated his
mother-in-laW in that way, he
excused himself by saying that
the old woman was rather weak
ly, and he thought the money
had better remain in the family"
The latest discovery reported
from Pompeii is the figure of a
woman lighting the fire in the
stove, while her husband is as
leep in bed. One thing is lack
ing, it is said; the keroSene-oil
can is not to be found. Perhaps
she happened to be out of kerO-
Sene that morning and is doing
the best she can without that val
liable kind of kindling.
GIRLS SLANG.-The boys hav-
ing exhausted all the forms of
slang address and ended with go
get your hair cut" the girls now
step forward, according to the
Brt0asa0jcker, with such express
sions us these. which we hope
will not be used at VaSsar: "Oh
fix your bustIe," "BuckIe your
belt" "Pull down your basque"
"Straighten your corset steel"
"Wipe the gum Of your lip" and
"Take your eyelash out of tangle. ;
1t may be doubted whether Sar-
tOris is passionately fond of babies.
The other morning, while he was
standing on the piazza in the
midst of a group of his boon COM
panions, Nellie came Waiting
out with the national grandchiId
in her arms, and planting it play
fully upon his shoulder, exclaim-
ed: 'Oh, amt it a darling, Al
gy?" "Well," returned Algy with
the mortified air Of man who
had been taken advantage of,
"Well, its mother is" -Br00kIua ,
Argus.