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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
Married or single.

1t is very hard to tell whether
married people are happier than sin
gle ones, or whether single ones are
most blest. With the gout in his
big toe, and no one to find fault with,
bachelor is apt to envy Benedict;
while, during the progress of cur
tain lecture, Benedict deprecates
the joys OF welded life. 1t is nice
to come home with a latch key
when one plesses, and to travel the
wide world over, if one chooses,
with false collar, and a comb by
way of baggage; but then it is also
nice to have an adoring creature al
ways keeping watch over ones in
comings and out goings 1--WE are
speaking of men, of couase), and be-
lieving one to be-what he knows he
is not a man of mighty intellect,
and Herculean strength-in short,
the authority of the world. ''
1t is comfortable (here we speak
of the softer sex) to be able to keep
ones hair in crimping pins all day,
but yet it is delightful to have some
one who cares how ones hair looks.
1t is not agreeabletO be kept up
all night with baby suffering from
a combination of collie and crossness;
but it is enraging to bear the airs
of people with lovely infants in
skirts two yards long, when you
havn't one yourselfs
Single people certainly have more
peace and quietness, but now and
then they find themselves rather too
severely let alone.
Married people rejoice in the
joys of companionship, but as there
may be too much of good thing,
they, perhaps, sometimes envy St. ST.
mon Stylites, who lived on the top
of a pillar and "had his meals sent
up to him" in basket.
On the whole should say, if push
ed closely for serious answer, that
those who have been married would
have been much happier if they had
remained SINGLE, aud that those who
live aud die in a state of single bless
edness would have been more bless
ed had thew married.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
PLATONICS.

/ knew in the early summer,
] knew at the seasons end
That you and your love were plighted,
But couldn't yCu he my friend?
Couldn't we sit in. the twilight?
Couldn't we stand on the shore?
With only pleasant friendship
To bind US, and nothing more?
There was never a word of nonsense
Spoken between US twO.
Though we fingered oft IN the garden
Till the roses were wet with dew;
We touched on a thousand subjects,
The moon and the world above,
Our thoughts were tinctured with science,
With never a hint Of love.
"a wholly platonic friendship,
You said | had proved ior yon,
Gould bind man and womsn'
The whole long summer through
With never thought OF folly,
Though both are in their youth"
What would YOU have said, my lady,
II you had known the truth!
Had done what my mad heart prompted,
Gone down on my knees 10 yon,
And told you my passionate story
There in the dust and dew?
NY burning. burdensOme story,
Hidden and hushed so long,
My story of hopeless loving;
Say, would you have thought it wrong?
But said to my heart, ''be silent"
And | hid my wound from sight;
You were going away in the morning,
And | spoke a calm goodnight"
But now, when sit in the twilight,
And now, wnen 1 walk by the sea,
That friendship, quite ''plstonic"
Comes surging over me;
And a passionate longing fills me
For the roses, the dusk, the dew;
For the beautiful simmer vanished,
The moonlight walks-and you.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
ASHTABULA, OHIO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1877.

distorted face, swelling neck and
omen mouth, was fair evidence that
each was at the best, and the effect
NAV be better imagined than describ-
ed In all, five hymns were sung,
aud then followed a chapter in the
bible. Superintendent and scholars
alternating in reading the verses.
After prayer the classes we've formed,
and continued until dismissed.
Some idea of the vast amount of
the Bethel benevolent work may be
gained from the following statistics
of the year past, to March last, dur
ing which time the following articles
were distributed:
5,27I yards of calico, 5,875 yards
of muslin, 1903 yards of jeans, l,4S4
pairs of shoes, 753 girls hats, 46l
boys caps, 37s under garments, 2S5
pairs of hose, SO boys shirts, 4s
dresses, 7S shawls, 80 pairs of pants,
10 coats, II aprons, and l6 second
hand garments. In looking over the
clothing account of the twelve years
of existence, this institution has dis
tributed 1854 yards of muslin, A.
BAL Yards of calico, lO,7l6 yards of
jeans, 1854 pairs of shoes, 1896
boys caps, 2,645 girls hats, 2,64s
pairs of hose, / 1862 shirts, S,90s un
der garments, All shawl~, 704 dress
rs, 4OI girls hoods, S78 aprons, GA
comforts, I5s boys coats, $50 pairs
OF pants, 1876 yards of flannel, 469
second hand garments, besides a
large number of unclaSsitied articles.
At the very lowest figures, the above
represent a cash value Of $36, 900,
and show a wide spread charity sell
dom, if ever, reached by any institu-
ton IN the land.
In the dining and lodging rooms
there have been given free, 5,576
meals, 5,o65 lodgings, 2,245 lOaves of
bread; beside this there have been
quantities of meat, groceries, and
soup given to needy families.
Free beds, free baths and ten
cents meal have been inducement
enough to make the Newsboys'
Home a success, and the other de
partments are blessed with the same
result.
The Bethel disemburses over $lO,-
600 year, but has so far, at each
fiscal year, shown a balance to its
credit.
Considering all, had this institu-
ton been the only religious one in
Cincinnati, had there been no other
churches or Sunday schools, it
would, even then, spoken well of its
efforts, but with city full of church
es, it is fact simply maryalOus. 1t
rebounds to the fame Of those COM
prising it, and will be a lasting
mark Of religious success in the an
mails of Cincinnati, and an example
to all cities of the world.
Yours very sincerely,
ALFRED.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
Blunt but true.

There is said 10 be a young man
in the Missouri penitentary whose
parents, at their death, left him Il
fortune of $4,000. There is where
the parents made fatal mistake.
If they had taken the precaution to
invest that sum in small dog and
then shot him, and had simply left
the young man a jack plane or a
wood saw, with printed instructions
how to use it, the chances are that
instead of being in the penitentiary,
he would to-day have been gradual
Iy hut surely working his way up to
handsome competency and an non
orable Cld age. But ever since the
days of Adam and Eve, parents nave
made it a point to toll ana struggle
all their lives in order to realize
s,t4iriart sum of money to purchase,
when tbey are dead and gone, their
ems each a first class through ticket
10 the devil, and it is not much TO
he wondered at that so many of their
sons, reared in vice aud idleness, as
too many of them often are, have no
higher ambition than to invest their
inheritance in just that sort of trans.
portation.
1t will be extremely difficult for the un-
swerving Republicans of the country to DE
reconciled to that dispensatiOn of Prov,
denee which shall deprive the senate OF
Morton and fill the vacancy with Dan
Voorhees,.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTH.
ERN II. R. -sl


Special Michigan Express leaves Buffalo at
800 p, m, Erie l;lQ q, M, Conneaut 2:22
Ashtabula25 a m, Madison 3:S2 a m, Paines-
vile 4:e0 a. m, Cleveland 5:l5 q. m. ..-
I&45 q. m, Erie $50 a. m, AshtabuIa 4:5S,
Painesville $40, and arrives at Cleveland at
6:35 a. m.
Conneaut Accommodation leaves Conneaut
at 6sO5 q. M, Amboy GIL, Kingsville 6:2l, Ash
tabula 6:S3, SaybroOk 6:4S, Geneva 6:53, Paines-
Vile 7:28, and arrives at Cleveland 8:45 a. m.
Toledo Express leaves Buffalo at 8:65 a. m,
Erie l0:l5, Conneaut ll:l7, Amboy -. Kings
Vile ll:33, Ashtabula I1:45 p.m., Saybrook 1855
Geneva l2O5, Painesville l239, and arrives
at Cleveland at 200 p. m.
Pacific Express leaves Buffalo l2:4O o. M,
Erie S:55 Ashtabula SIS, Painesville 6:06, and
arrives at Cleveland at 7:05 p. m.
Erie Accommodation leaves Erie 4:O5 D. I. .
COnneaut 5:l5, Ashtabula $50, Saybrook 6O2,
Geneva 6:l3, Painesville 6:55, and arrives at
Cleveland at S:I5 p. m.
GONG EAST,
Atlantic Express leaves Cleveland 7:3O a. m,
PainesVille $40, Ashtabula 800, COnneaut 9:&,
Erie l0:20, and arrives at Buffalo at Los p. m.
Toledo and Buffalo Accommodation leaves
neva l:O7 p m, SaybrOok LIS. Ashtabule l:3O,
KingsVille la, Amboy l:54 Conneaut 202,
Erie 3:I0, Buffalo 700 p. m.
Chicago and st. Louis Express leaves Cleve-
land at 245 p. m, Painesvtlle 1881, Ashtabule
4:lS, Erie SIS, and arrives at Buffalo at sos
p. m.
: COnneaut Accommodation leaves Cleveland
at 45O p. m, Painesville5:59, Geneva 6:38, Say
brook 6:4S, Ashtabula 200, Kingsville 7:I8, Am
boy 1:ZS, and arrives at COnneaut at 7:30 p. m.
Special New York Express leaves Cleveland
at iO:Sg P. m, Painesville 1l:2O, Ashtabula 1904
m. " " y :
saTrains run by Columbus time.
/ fhAGaLD PLATED WATCHES. Cheapest
hd me knGsH Tsa, w0rla: sG17gIs EgtsA %gss g
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09

The oil is here obtained at less
depth than in the lower oil field,
consequently at less expense. There
Is much excitement in connection
with this district. When new ter
ritory is discovered, and oil obtained
it is followed by intense excitement:
there is a grand rush for the prom,
ised land-this EldOrado of their
fortunes.
Oil City has a population of from
seven to nine thousand, Is situated
upon the banks of the beautiful AL
legheny river. This is the purest
water imaginable, and nothing is
more beautiful to the eye than the
graceful windings of this silyery
stream through the forest covered
hills that surround the town. 1t is
divided by the river into what is
called North aud South Oil City;
North is best situated for business
purposes, while South is more desir-
able for private residences. At the
junction of Oil creek with the ALLIE
gheny river, there is a fat upon
which are built many of the finest
business blocks of the town. From
this fat, spread and wind back over
the hillside and up the slopes, wide
streets and pleasant avenues. South
oil city is more level, and it is very
beautiful, with its wide streets run
ming back from the river. The city
has many conveniencies; gas and
water works, five churches; good
public schools, &c. It is healthy,
having the pure air of the mountains,
and excellent water. 1t is easy of
access, being a railroad centre; in
fact it is desirable place of resi-
dence. Oil is the great object, be-
ing considered the most rapid
way of accommodating wealth. There
is large refinery here also; another
one at Siverly, about two miles up
the river. The surrounding country is
comparatively poor for farming pur-
poses, and is indifferently cultivated.
The market is principally supplied
from Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
The town is extensively visited by
strangers, people coming from all
parts of the civilized world, to visit
this region, whose life depends upon
the curious production of the earth.
Many curious ideas are formed of
procuring oil, which is done by a
system of boring and tubing. A
stranger was once heard to ask a
citizen where the oil was, and upon
derrick being pointed out to him,
indignantly exclaimed, 81 am stran-
ger asking for information, and
don't want tn be Sold" When the
matter was carefully explained, he
said, swell truly, thought it laid
upon the surface" Imagine the good
people here wading about ankle
deep in oil, instead Of travelling the
good sidewalks and pleasant greens
that surround the town. There are
many beautiful towns contiguous to
Oil City, that depend much upon
the oil trade, TituSville, Tidioute
and others. Parker City, fully for
ty-nine miles down the river, is
most pleasant place. Here you take
the narrow guage for Mlllers town,
the present key of the lock to the
great producing district. Oil City
is the residence of many OF Ihe mon
eyed men of the lower district, pre-
ferring it as place of abode. 1t
has many attractions. With free
circulation of money, pleasant
POPULATION, and many eonveniences,
life passes pleasantly, and people
whom fate has cast here are satisfied
with the place and surroundings.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
"Sba Is baautifnl - said the duke

"She is beautiful" said the duke.
"Aww said the prince; "giVe it
much stamps?"
shall "give her all Ethiopia, re-
piled the duke.
81 will-aw-step down, and
aw-look at it, "murmured the prince
carelessly. BY surprise you know" !"
This was agreed upon and the
duke departed.
The prince knew his worth. He
was quite white, and was not troub-
LED with the slightest particle of
caudal apPendage; but Ethiopia was
a big prize, and he resolved to win
it. One week after the duke had
offered his daughter, the prince
started for Seuegambia with the in
tention of looking at the fair face of
Adeliza.
CHAPTER III.
The prince was slowly wandering
through the woods of Sengampia,
gaiIy singing,
I would be a butterfly,
Born in a bower,
when his eyes fell upon a lovely
Chimpanzee sitting in a shallow
brook, sucking a coeoanut. She
was the loveiiest creature, he had
ever seen. His heart was touched at
once. He raised his eyeglass and
stared at her till her eyes fell in
modest confusion.
"Fair Chimpauzee," said he, swift
nOt-nOt-aw-tell me your-aw-
name?"
"Adeliza," whispered she.
The duchess de Chimpanzee who
had witnessed the meeting from be-
hind a clump of bushes, chuckIed
and slid off on her left ear.
"Adeliza, 'sighed the prince, "thou
art-aw-beautiful. Wilt thou-aw
marry me?" , .s1n..-s
The Lady Adeliza threw the re-
mains of her coeoanut at the head of
a chimpanzee who was loafng in
neighboring tree, fell into the arms
of the prince, and gently murmured
81 am thine"
They were married in great splen-
dor. The Right Rev. Bishop Ba-
boon, assisted by Rev. Simiader
Ape, performed the ceremony. The
bridesmaids wore their natural
clothes. The choir sang the lovely
anthem, Monkey married the Ba.
boon's sister" Lady Adeliza and
her parents rubbed noses, and then
the bride started on her tour on an
elephant with on trunk.
CHAPVER ".
Tue seasons changed; summer
lapsed into autumn, autumn into
winter, winter into spring. Then
there was great rejoicing, for the La
dy Adeliza gave the prince an heir.
The child, however, was an anomaly
in thatregion. 1t had no tail; it had
fiat feet; it had a white skin; 1t had
no hair on its body. All the wise
men examined it. 1t was not an or
ang-outang, it was not chimpanzee;
evidently it was a new species.
Then a family eonclaVe was called.
"What shall we call it?" asked ev-
erybody. The Duchess de Chin
panzee, who was languidly making
mud pies, said:
'Let us call it-MAN!"
H1rDer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
OIL CITY.

Description Of some OfIhe OIL Towns
oil, &c.
Oil City or the Hub of Oildom as
it is often called, being the grand
center Of the oil trade, is situated on
either side of the Allegheny river,
about one hundred miles notheast of
Pittsburgh, in Venango county, Pa.
1t is at present a town of considera-
BILE Importance; there is an extensive
business done here in connection
with the oil trade, and at the oil ex-
change thousands OF barrels change
hands daily. In connection with
the oil exchange at Parker, the price
of petroleum is generally regulated
by the oil brokers, and most of the
production from other districts is
bought and sold here. The traffic of
oil is trade of great fluctuations,
large fortunes ale made, and as easily
lost. This is easily explained. A man
may put down a we'll at cost of
from three to six thousand dollars,
the expense being regulated by the
depth of territory, and find no oil; a
few such failures soon count. On
the other hand if he is fortunate in
getting a good producing well, at a
fair price for oil, the profit may be
imagined. If man is fortunate in
getting good territory, puts down a
dozen wells upon it, has few hun
dred barrels day, which is moder-
ate estimate for dozen good pro-
ducing wells, the profit may be es-
tImated at the present price, from
two to three dollars, per barrel; the
wells are run at comparatively a
low figure. 1t can be easily under
stood why there is so much wealth
in this region and why so many
wealthy inhabitants. Oil City is
comparatively new town, having
raised rapidly into notice since the
discovery of petroleum, and one of
the first wells, the Drake, began to
make known its value, hundreds of
Others followed, until petroleum
enough was discovered to almost
light the world. In 1861 the town
began to increase rapidly, aud in,
1852 it was incorporated into a
borough, from which time it has in
creased steadily in size and beauty.
The territory around it is what is
called used territory, being very
well drained, and few large wells
are found in the vicinity.
The new oil field is around Mil
lerstown, Butler Co., Pa, a distance
of upwards of seventy miles from
Oil City. Here the oil is obtained
at more expense than in most other
districts, being deeper. The terri
tory is very fine, and at present they
have a very large production. This
region is thickly settled, having some
fine oil towns, among which Millers-
town, Petrolia and Harms City are
most noticeable. Oil from here is
easily transported. There is a mar
row guage railroad from Parker
city; the pipe lines also added with
other intersections, make travelling
and transportation easy. Bradford
and Bullion are good oil fields aud at
present the object of much notice.
Edenburg is and has been the object
of much interest To the oil trade. 1t
is near Oil City in Clarion county.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
THE TORRENT
Force & Suction Pump.

iTHE Torrent Force and Suction
Pump is not only a Well Pump, Fire
Exunguisher, and an apparatus for raising
wafer, combined, but IL Is also used for wa
tering gardens, lawns and flower beds, wash
ing windows, Verandas, &C. For simplicity
OF construction, ease OF ofoperatiOn, and power
as force pump, II has no equal. II is entirely
nOn-freezing, and from Its peculiar construc-
ton, is the most durable, as well as the most
practical pump ever invented. They are
manufactured with metal cylinders lined
with porcelain to which may be attached
wood stone or galvanized iron tubing.
stock Of Hose and Nozzles on sale at
shop. state and County rights for Sale
Ofice and Mandatory In Halls Store
Room. l04, Main st. N. WENTWORTH.
! Ashtahnla Nav Sd. lS76 2i-38
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
PHOToGRAPHERs.

RLAKESLE. :. A MOORE, Photograpb.
eIs ana dealers IN Pictures, Engravings,
Mouldings Of various descriptions, are pre-
pared TO frame anything in the Picture line
At short notice and in the beat gtyle
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
ERIERAILWAY,

Abstract Of Tine Table adopted June Is, 1877.
DULLMAN'S best Drswing-room
4 and Sleeping Coaches, combining all
modern improvements, are run through without
change from Rochester Buffalo. Suspension
Bridge, Niagara FallF. Cincinnati, Chicago
and Detroit to New York. making diIect con
neotiOn with all lines Of foreign and coastwise
steamers. and also with Sonnd Steamers and
railway lines for Boston and New England cities
Hotel dinning cars from Chicago to New YORK
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
CABINET WARE.

IOHN DUcRO, Manufacturer Of and Deal
er n Furniture Of the best descriptions, ana
every varsity also, General DnderLiG Pr
and Manufacturer Of Collins to order; ain
Street, north Of South Public Square. Ash
tabula Ohio. 49I
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
PUBLIC HALLS.

BT0N E,S OPERA HALL, Orwell, Ashta-
taDula Co, Ohio, on the line Of A. Y. & p.
IaAlIoAoi rented, with stage and scenery,
will seat 500, and fE ready 70 rent % travelling
tro1Pes. k.E. STONE, Proprietor. llSO9
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
JEWELLERS.

GEO. W. DICKINSON, JeWeler; Repair
ing Of ali kinds Of Watches, Clocks and
Jewelry; Store in Ashtabula House Block,
AEhtabula, Ohio.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
IOR PRINTERS.

TAmES REED a son, Plain and Orna-
mental Printers and General statloners-
snociuens or Printing and prices for the
80 sa1f on application. ONCE c0rner
Main and Spring streets, Ashtsbula,O o. fl250
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09

LIS. & M. .S.-FRANKLIN DIVISION
From and after May 18th, 1877, Passenger
Trains will run as follows:
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09

Telegraph Stations.
Passenger care at the rate of cents per
mile to way Nations counted in even half
dimes.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
HARNESS MAKER

p. @. FORD, Manufactorer and DeaIer in
Saddles, Harness, Brides, ColIars T'runk Ks
WHIPS, &e, opposite Fisk House, Ashta-
bulas Ohio. IOI5
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

1917 BUILDING LOTS FOR SALR!l
Dealer IN Water-Lime, Stucco, Land Plas-
ter, Real Estate and Loan Agent, Ashtabula
Depot. ll2O9l WIN. HUMPHREY.
J. SUM. BLYTH, Agent for the Liverpool,
LondO 4 Globe Insurance Co. Cash Assets
over s. g,00O00O Gold. In the q. s. So 800 O00
stock lclders also personally liable ff2l3
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
CHAPTER II.

The Duke de Chimpanzee was
chief of very large tribe. If he
had been in the show business he
would have made his everlasting for.
tune. He had but one daughter,
the Lady Adeliza, and rs she would
inherit the livestock over which he
ruled, youths of the neighboring
tribes desired to marry her. Her pa
rents, however, desired that she
should be-, if possible, the fountain
of new race, to which all their ira
ditions told them, they were WORKING
up. They determined that She
should wed the Prince d'Orang On-
tang. The duke proposed the matter
to the prince.
"Awl" said the prince as he sd-
justed his Eyeglasses; sis it niceS"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
PAINTERS.


A. 4 w. KYLE, House and Sign Painters
Greining, Paper Hanging and Glazing; Kali
somining and Wall Painting q speciality;
2o Woodland Avenue, Cleveland Ohio. Ali
orders promptly attended to, and work exc
cuted in the neatest manner. 1907
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
ARCHITECTS.

DAVID SLOAN, Civil Engineer and Sur
veyor, Architectural and Mechanical
Draughtsman. Once In Pierce and Red
heads Block. Ashtabula, Ohio. 1920
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-11-09
1sThe Origin of Mans
BY DARWIN.
CHAPTER I.


Twas a lovely summer morning
in the year 9OOl before Christ. The
woods of Senegambia were clothed
in their fairest costume, the lovely
birds were chirping and singing
their morning lays; the sky was one
vast sheet of blue-everything, in
short was full of sweetness and light,
except the lovely lady Adeliza de
Chimpanzee. She was in the dumps.
Moodily she rubbed her shoulders
against huge palm-tree, and while
performing this act, heaved a vast
sigh. Just at that moment her ma
ma dropped from the tree above her.
"My daughter" said the Duchess
of Chimpanzee, "why that sigh?"
"Ah, mama, look at me" " said the
Lady Adeliza. "See how different
| am from the rest of our tribe. See
how white / am becoming"
"My laughter" said the duchess,
languidly, as she seated herself on a
convenient boulder, "yOu should be
proud of the difference. 1t is dis
tinction. We are higher race"
81 don't know mama. See what lit
tie caudal appendages we have. All
the other folks can hang from
the trees by their tails but we are
compelled to sit on the limbs"
ave are advancing my dear. You
are whittier than l am. You can talk
in your youth; could not until mid
die age. Your grandmother, as you
know, can only grunt. You are
moving to higher sphere"
"Well mamma, none of our folks
will marry me, !" said Lady Adeliza,
pOutlng.
No, my child; it has been decreed
that there should be selection of
the fittest in marriage. We have
offered you to the Prince d'Orang
Outang, who is even whittier than
you are, as his wife,
"Oh, mamma" gushed the Lady
Adeliza, "that's splendid. Will. he
come soon?"
"Restrain yourself. People of
high blood and short caudal appen-
dages never get excited. He win be
here in short time.
Lady Adeliza went away to look
for cocoanuts, and the duchess sat
ON rock, and reAectively scratch
ed her head.