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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

PARDoNs REFUSED. The Governor yes
terday refused pardons to the following
conyicts: James Scott, sentenced in 1877 in
the Hastings Court of Richmond to five
years for larceny; William Winston, OF
Richmond, eight years for burglary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

INDICATIONS FOR To-DAY.-For the Mid
die Atlantic States, colder and rainy wea-
ther. northeasterlyi winds, and rising ba-
rometer.
For the South Atlantic States, colder,
cloudy, and rainy weather, northeasterly
winds, falling barometer, followed in the
southwest portions by rising barometer and
northwest winds.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12
FERTILIZERS FOR WHEAT.
Value Of Fertilizers Used on This
.... Grain.

DIR. PoLLARD's SECOND ANNUAL REPORT,
WITH ANALYSES BY PROFESSOR W. II.
TAYLoR-IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR
THE FARMERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

COTTAGE PUDDISG.-Onc cupful sugar, one cup
sweet-milk, three and half cups OF -four two tea
spoonfuls DooLEY'S YEAST-PowDER, two table
spoonfuIs of butter. Steam one and 4 half 10 two
hnur
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

DUFF GORDON SHERRY four own importationl
good quality and perfectly pure, at So gallon.
W. ID. BLAIR 6 Co.,
903 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

CHANGE IN THE ARIEL's TIME.-On and
after Monday next the steamer Ariel, OF
the James-RiYer Line, will leave Richmond
Monday, "Wednesday, and Friday at a.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

Sn1pMENT OF WHEAT TO FRANcE.--A ship
ment OF 1890 bushels Of wheat was made
Yesterday by the brig Gazeilen, for Bayonne'
France.
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scuooL-sIIoRs, all the styles, cheap at
BoScHEN'S, 500 and Gil Broad sfree'.

u. ELLTsoE & CO.. advertising agents, .nssrt ad.
Yertisenents IN all OF the newspapers OF the unie'a
S,a~es at publishers rates. Orders lcc, =. the Pr
patch eountnS-room win receive 2remnt @tten'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

TIE VIRGINIA HOTEL, StauntoD, Va, offers SUI
Nc rior accommodations at moderate rates. TERMS
90 and $3.50 per day. Headquarters for commer-
clal men, and only So per day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

For ULCEgATED MOUTH. the healing properties
Of MEADE & BAKERS CARBoLic MoUTI-"AsH
are ulexccled. Fifty cents 4 bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

For OFFENSIVE BREATH from aecayea Iee.'
and diseased gums, use MEADE & BAKERS NAh
norIC. Mouru-WAsu, FIFTY cents bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

FOR ALL DISEASES OF TIE TEETH AID Ut 80
use MEADE 6 BAKERS CARboLlc -h"0 liz
WASH Fifty ccuts bottle.
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airllmonll lispatfl'l.

gs~THE CIRcuLATlON,0F TIE DISPATCH
IS LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CTECU-
larIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS
PAPERS OF. THE CITY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

AsAFRAcRAST AND PLEASANT WASH for the
month. there is nothing so good rs MEADE " BA-
KER's CAngoLIC MoUTu-WAsH. Fifty cents Il
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

We have q remnant Of CIGARS, all Havana filler
and binder, good size, Al IS box. Call before they
arc all gone. w. ID. BLAIR y GO.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

PURE CIDER VINEGAR three years c:a) ana
SPICES fresh, in endless variety III
CHRISTIAN 4 WHITES.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

LADIES' AND GESTLEMES'S BOOTS anu oh"i,'
hand-IIade-to order-best qiality-Zuaft'ecu y
d,-ot BoscuES's. 500 and 5 l Broad street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

ISCIpIENr TARTAR AND SCCRF removed by
MEADE Il BAKERS SAPOSISE DENTiFRICE.
Fifty cents 4 box.
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RANKS AND BANKERS
1860.
RANDALL II. F0OTE, BANKER,

- RANDALL II. FoOTE, BANKER,
20 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
having been for twelve ysars a member or New
Vorx Stock Exchange aud yice-Presldent ti Go,i
,ram.rrd. stocks Gold. and Bonds also stock
"a,racts such as "straddles." puts and "catss
nv iarce or sma, ameunts, bought and sold on fsah
T I ~ Commissions and moderate marquis. !'ampniet
,;,id :. Wali street." and stock tables containing
ysinabIe iuformatica, mailed on reeclp: OF loe.
o,, oc-eOil.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

DIscoLoaED TEETH rendered beautifully "E'te
by the use OF MEADE BAKER ; SAfoNlHE DE"
TrrRrcE FIFTY cents Il box.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

Tor RENT, No. SI3 EAST GRACEGA
T. STREET, LARGE HOUSE, coptaiuing E;l
Ten rooms with nrc-graies, and having two back
porches, bathroom, gas-H1tures, ana panlrles,
Kitchen containing four rooms, ana cGoging-ranggc'
stable building; large, dry back yard. Rent, ssGU,
or S75O Without the stable building. POSSESSION
given September 28b. Apply at 20. 3O4 east
FL street. fC O-O1
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

YELL0w-FEvER FUNp.-Total collections
to date. S4,291.74. Special contributions !:
Court No. 3, l. o. Foresters, $40; Jordan
Lodge, No. 105, Good Samaritans (colored),
$3.50; box at State Office, S1S.S2-put up
more Of them; st. Paups church, Sl62.72.
In making distribution OF funds the trea-
surer now telegraphs as follows:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

| Fon BLEEDING GUNS, use MEADE s. BAKEH's 8
| CAHBoLIC MOUTII-WAsH. Fifty cents bottle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12
n AT COHEN BROTHERS.

nciY AT COHEN BROTHERS.
DLEACHED and UNBLEACHED COTTONS at
3l5, 5, 5x, and &C.;
GINGHAMS at SIC, reduced from 10c.; all domes-
tic goods reduced;
BEDTICK at 5, s, 10, 12k, 16, aud 20c., reduced
fully twenty per cent;
ENGLISH DEDTICK at 25, so, SO, and 37&c.;
CANTON FLANNELS at Ga, 64, 2, 8, 0, 10, and
l2Hc, reduced from twenty-five to forty per
cent. from last seasons prices. SCI
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cr.orHsNG.

ArEw AND sEAsoNABLE STOCK OF
~ REApY-MADE CLOTHING
FALL AND WINTER WEAR
embracing all the latest styles suitable for
orSrLEMEN,S, YOUTHS, BOYS, AND GILL.
DREN'S WEAR.
.o,,c,her with general stock OF GESTLEMES EMS
ST.pI,E FURNISHING GOODS. These goods
n,r,ng been bought under the very best advantages
.nrs;bLe viii be offered al the very lowest market
prices. NV Trp,,S,
From this time forward shall sell ONLY FOR
c,su and no deviation will be made, as 1t will be
,bn cash ,lst iciu enable me to gfre my patrons
e-oods al u saving Of from
TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY PER CENT.
,.,ow credit prices. Thankful for the tiberal pa.
tronoot of The past thirty years, trust to receive
n continuance o: the same under The NEW SYSTEM
from my old patrons.
Nv motto lciH be: Small Profits for Cash
Sis,3It Sirptnce t2 the Siop Shilling.
WM. IRA SMITH,
sclo-cod2: l1l5 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

. 4 COOP MIXED TEA Z: so cents pound.
W. y. BLAIR E CO.,
903 Main street.
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WEATHER REPORT.

THURSDAY. ...sBPTEMBER 12, 1879.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

TOR RENT, NICE BRICK RESI-. s
II DENCE Oh the southeast corner OF Mayoks.1
and Broad streets; six roos, detached Kitchen gas,
wafer, SC. ,.. yr,r ao
rooms Kitchen gas. water, &c. Rent very low.
Nice DETAC CIED ERICK HOUSE on twenty
fourth between Broad and Marshali s'rce's' SIX
rooms. &C.. &c. ,,m
DWELLING over Cannon & CoGrtney's law ONCE,
corner Thirteenth and Franklin streets, containing
about ten rooms =,
STORE on The east side of Thirteenth near Haln
street with three stories above. suitable Tor any
wholesale business. Rent very low. 40
any one wiJbIny 70 rent can he suited by calling
o1, me. -. ROBERT H. LYME,
ca I03t 1912 Hain street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

POISDEXTER & TUPPER. 10 a. NJ, In the rear
OIL. u. Fry & Co.'S haistorc, opposite the post
office, fourteen counters, aesh, shades, carpet,
mirror, &c. fs.I. Isl
DAVENPORT s NORRIS. II A. Ma general
assortment OF groceries, i
cropGE 8. yAsdON & SON, 5 T.. NJ, trustees
snie of lot ON the north line Of Harvie street
Near Robinson, with framed house thereon
n. II, LYME, p. NJ, valuable store-property on
- the east side of Walnut alley between Main ana
Franklin streets; and another two~story Driek
house fronting on Walnut alley.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

When Mr. Beecher preached in the Grand
ODera-Ho,lse at San Francisco q week ago
last Sunday, the Rev. DR.. Cox, who had
charge OF the services, made earnest ap-
peals for liberal contributions W bile the col
lection was being taken, up.; After the
plates came back Mr.. Beecher quietly took
one of them and presented it in his most
serious manner on the front OF the stage TO
the gentleman who so interested himself in
the money. getting. DR.. Cox responded,
amid the applause OF the audience, and ne
In turn held out the plate to Mr.. Beecher,
who gave his mite. About 1000 people
were present.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

BUSINESS OF CHARLEsTOS.-Th Charles
ton Ne,cs and Courier OF last week publishes
an extended review OF mercantile opera
lions in that city for the past year, with
which it says the community has every rea-
SON to be content and confident. 1t adds
1o5, ,7so, against 3,1se,Ooo in the previous
year, but more goods have been sold 1or the
smaller amount OF money. Estimating the
values of the receipts and shipments, the
money value of the trade and commerce OF
Charleston for the year is $44, ,036.S32 Last
year within the sound Of St. MichaeIs
chimes 100000 quarts Of strawberries 10.
900 barrels Of potatoes, and 1850 crates OF
peas were raised, besides vast quantities OF
other similar produce. A striking example
is the trade in CaroIinaphosphate rock. The -
shipments Of the crude or 'unmanuiactured
rock in. 1868 were 1852 tons. For the
year now closed the shipments were, no..
97s tons, besides q local consumption Of 90
600 TONS" So -, 81, -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

"Uoward Association at -, -:
"Draw on me for 3, or shall l send
medicines and supplies? If the latter, please
designate what kind" .....
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

J1OR RENT, THAT VERY DESIRA-A
L PLE BRICK DWELLING No.. $50 west iE.1
Cary street containing nine rooms, double pari0rs
nor and cold water. coOking-rangc, bathroom.
Possession Isl October, 1878. Rent only $500 per
annum. apply TO 20
IN = .oJc, Peal Estate AGENTS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

TOR RENT, NICE STORE on Four fEd
Il tcenth street two doors south Of Main ftI
st trcct with dwelling overhead OF about ten rooms,
and fitted up with gas water. &c, and In thorough
repair. Rent very low. Apply TO
SO -3t ROBEKT II. LYME.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

We have the testimony OF physicians who pre-
scribe IT, ad of patients who have taken II. that IT
IS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO TIE STOMACH AND
MORE EASILY ASSIMILATED THAN ANY OTHER
OIL. MEADE & BAKER,
importing and Dispensing Pharmacists,
nol5 80 Main street. Richmond. Va.
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EsSY Ges<bgiS.
L. LICHTENSTEIN & SONS

l.. LICHTENSTEIN & SONS
are now Offering extraordinary inducements in
BLACK ALPACA. They are selling Black Alpaca
at zoe. worth 35c.; Black Alpaca al 25c. worth
4Oc.; ~. -.
Look at their FLANNELS-cheapest in the city;
BLEACHED and UNBLEACHED COTTONS at
exceedingly low prices; .,
CALICOES, GINGHAMS, BED-TlCKS, DRESS
GOODS, TABLE DAMASKS, 'CHEVIOTS,
KENTUCKY JEANS, ,CASSINIERES, &C., &C.
which they are selling at prices that cannot be
uudersold. I=
Look at their extensive stock Of CLOTHING.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, &C.; which they are
selling very cheap.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12
LOsr. syasAYED. AND FUUND.

JHsTRAY.-A RED COW, withfEF
r. white spot I'm forehead, was taken up byA.1s
,Le nolicc on the night OF the 9th instant. Inc
LII, ,n,ion -" JOHN POE. JR..
s'.i3n1, Chief or Police.
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No. Of Sample.
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TOR RENT, BRICK DWELLING G
Il No. GIG Fifth street. between Clay and ia:1
Leigh streets containing ten rooms. all III nice or.
der with modern Improvements. and Will he rented
low. hnDly TO FRANK d. HILL,
ca 11-3t ll0S Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

NASSDlERES FOR MEN AND BOYS,
" and FLANNELS and all WOOLLEN GOODS
can be had for very little money at BROMSE g
ROWE'S. au u3l-eod
FOR p r l. TTY PRINTS, CHEAE
Il DLEACHED and BROWN COTTONS. and all
DOMESTIC GOODS, go 10 BROWNE II ROWL'S.
au 3l-cod
TOR HOSIERY, CORSETS, TOWELS,
Il TABLE-LINEN. GLOVES, and \ n c Y
GOODS, go to BROWNE & ROWE'S. au 31.eod
DROWNE IL ROWE have beautiful as
- sortment of GILT, j EFT, and other JEWELRY
at very low prices. Calland see them. au 3l-eOd
nON'T FORGET. BROWNE Il ROWE
~ are at No. 507 Broad street. New store-new
stock. Come and see them. au 31-eod
nON'T FAIL TO GO TO BROWNE 81
~ RoWE'S this week for bargains. an 91.eod
DEDIEMBER, BROWNE & ROWE have
| ~ REMOVED to No. 607 Broad street. next to
the 99c. store. Special Inducements this week.
au 31.eod X =
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SZScEGGEES0 0zyESEcE
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

TOR RENT. aTHE DESlRABLEA
Il FRAME DWELLING No. 3l6 Cary s,ree,. Ia.1
be.wcpn Third and Fourth streets. With seven
rooms. and Kitchen with three rooms WIN De
rented low. Apply 10 ,,,
SO 0-eod3t GRLDBS & WILLIAMS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

NOR RENT, AT 4 VERY, LOWn
A PRICE, the BRICK TENEMENT No. HI
227 south Second street tWayerly Place. contain
iny six rOOmis gas, water, and bathroom ana othcr
modern improvements. Apply 70 -,
CUAFFIS, STAPLES & Co.
(. 7en13t -. Real Estate Az nis.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

p .=g9gggg! !E5S9s5E:
zn nz zezzgEgsEEszzEs
s5 5useaSES Sa7s
Is 2EgeSSSssess sEE
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TOR RENT, THAT NEAT, NEWGsa
E BRICK DWELLING No. sos west Main HE1
street; eight rooms with BATH gas. &c; In nice Or
dor AnnIy to FRANK ID. HILL.
Sn 1n.3t ll0S Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-12

j, The soluble and precipitGted phosphor:c
acid together make the auQilable phoSphor11c
acid. Some authorities put the insoluDle
,phosphoric acid at four cents a pound, but
this is doubtful, as it may be long time IN
dissolving. a.,
Then, to calculate the money-value OF the
nhosphoric acid in fertilizer, add the solu-
BILE and precipitated together, and multiply
that amount by 124 cents ithe value OF one
pound), which will give the value in loO
pounds, and this product by 20 twenty
times 100 pounds makes 1900 pounds, OF
one ton), aud we have the cost OF available
The Cecil Whig., 1878-03-09

town during the raid by the British, but
she suffered no indignity, and was pro
tected by the officers in command. l was
well acquainted with General Thomas, NJ
Forman, and Col Veasy. They were gen.
tlemen of the old school.
\ legend exists about the old Rudolph
house. which stands little east of the
court house. on the main street. There
was a cellar door on the west end, and on
the retreat of our forces from Virginia to
Philadelphia, they were closely pursued by
the English. Some of our bows were in
the cellar of the Rudolph house filling their
canteens with wine when the British came
in sight in bend of the road where Mr..
Hollingsworth lived. They scampered, of
course; a running fight was kept up from
Red hill to the Christiana, where stand was
made. This was in the war of the revolu-
tion. | only speak of it here to bring that
old house into view, where the Elkton bank
was first established, and Philip Harding
a Kentuckian. was the cashier. He mar
ried Miss Amelia Giles.
knew old Zeb Ferguson very we'll. He
was a very pirate, indeed. An 1shmaelite,
his hand was against every man, and every
mans hand against him. ! remember his
shooting at Dick Mills, think it was, and
wounding Polly Poulson.
| had written my account of the burst
ing of the cannon and wounding Of Cham
hers before | read the statement in Tie
Wig. find that we agree sngularly in
the main facts. Very truly,
THOMAS J. SAMPLE.
The Cecil Whig., 1878-03-09
TWO BITS OF PAPER.

Several years ago | entered a car at one
of the New York stations and took my
place on back seat. No one else was in
the car, and unfolding Il daily paper,
commenced running my eye over its col
umns. The first thing that fixed my at
tention was the following paragraph:
owe understand that yesterday young
man employed as clerk by kendon &
Browne in their extensive dry good estab-
lishment, while on his way from-Bank,
where he had been to get check fer
So 600 cashed, was Knocked down and
robbed of the whole amount. He was
spoken to by a man when about midway in
a dark alley, who inquired the way to Wall
street, and that is the last he remembers.
The man is of middling size, rather mus
cular, of grave demeanor, and well but
plainly clad. The police are on the alert,
and will, without doubt. succeed in cap
turing him
had barely finished reading 1t, when a
man entered the car and took seat by an
open widow, directly in front of me.
He was rather small and his features
We're of a type which is commonly called
handsome. AT times, however, there was
certain curve. rather twist of his upper
lip, which to me was absolutely repulsive.
He bowed, as he was about to take his seat,
The Cecil Whig., 1878-03-09
BUBBLES.

TO keep yourself warm Keep the fire
coaled.
Mrs Plugg is keeping tobacco store
in Washington.
Song of the widow: " What is home
without Il hubby? >"
A carpenter may set a saw, but he
can't make it hatch.
The best muzzle yet invented for dogs
is the muzzle of gun.
In Paris great deal is expected of a
policeman. If he gets drunk twice, he
loses his place.
line like 4 German statesman? Because it
is IBIS mark.
When grown up children predominant
at childreu's party, the assembly is said
| to be badly adult-erated.
Brigham Y oung' tombstone, it is said,
will bear the simple but appropriate in
scrption, " Our Husband"
in this world by tearing off the corner of
every Jack in an euchre deck.
Nothing in this world but mules leg
springs up spontaneously, aud every man
must build his own road TO success.
Almost anybody can send a boy on an
errand, but only the wealthy have the
leisure to spare to wait for him to get back
-" The best way to cure a crying child, y
says an advertisement, is to buy baby
carriage" That's right; keep the bawl
rolling.
Young man, learn to wait; if you
undertake to set a hen before she is ready,
you will lose your time and confuse the
hen besides.
While men wander idly over the
country complaining of hard times, a
North Carolina man makes an honest liv
iug by swapping dogs.
-''Oh, breathe not the name.' There
is a parish in Wales, near the famous
tubular bridge, named Slanfairpwllgwn-
gwllgoge sliogogo.
A man must be grounded upon a
moral mountain to be able to withdraw a
counterfeit half dollar from circulation if
he happens to get stuck with it.
-"First blood" trumphantly remarked
Smith, as he had made the opening shot at
billiards. ''Don't yell SO loud" said
Jones. cnnsoliugly, "it was only scratch" ="
| "A Fall River lad recently had slate
! pencil dug out of his head that had been
there for eight years. Before the operation
was performed he had some thing to sigh
| for.
! -"Do you know where can get room
/ to store load of salta' asked a country
man of a Boston clerk "Perhaps my
father can accommodate you," was the re
| ply. he has plenty of salt-Iheum on his
| hands
"A Chicago paper records a sad acc-
dent in St. Louis. - While a young lady
of that city was at wcik on one of the
slippers intended as Christmas present
for her adorer, the scaffoldiug broke pre-
cipiating her vioently to be ground, and
the slipper went down, crushing two of her
little sisters, who chanced to be playing
under it, " ueath."
The Cecil Whig., 1878-03-09
GLEANINGS.

If you indulge in the dangerous pas
time of kissing handsome young widows,
swear off at once. \ man in Saline coun-
ty, Mo-, attempted it and bad his eyes
punched out by pretty little finger
Several exchanges are giving direc-
way is to stay in bed until the fire is start
ed, and then take your clothes under your
arm and trot out to the dining room stove.
=" Reduced to So remarked Jones, as
he passed fashionable tailor's store and
read the above statement prominently dis
played on an overcoat. That's nothing
am reduced to much smaller sum than
that myself"
1 Papa" asked a little sx-year old
daughter of a physician, wasn't Job a
doctor?' 'i never heard that he was
Why?' because mamma said the other
day she didn't think you had any of the
/ patients of job"
! "A use suggested in London for the tel.
/ ephone is that it may be applied to hand
organs and street pianos, in order to con
/ duct the music noiseessly away and dump
it i'll some ont of the way place, where it
may not be offensive.
- Hurrah. hurIah," cried young law.
yer, who succeeded to his fathers practice.
1--WE settled that old law suit at last"
Settled it," exclaimed the astonished par.
ent, Why, we've supported the family on
that for the last ten years"
A Detroit boy stood an umbrella, with
cord tied to it, in public door way. Ten
persons thought that umbrella was theirs,
and carried it with them the length of the
string. They then suddenly dropped it
and went OFF without once looking back or
stopping TO pick it up again.
"A good story is told of an energetic
and religious death in Trinity College,
+! Dublin. Oyerhearing a raw Freshman
using strong expletiveS in Botany square,
the dean addressed him: Sir, if you con
tinue cursing. you will go to -. and chat
is 'rorse, l shall be obliged to fine you,'
Before beginning the second psalm for
the day, Glasgow clergyman reached
down into his pocket and took a pinch of
snuff Even yet he cannot understand
what there was in the first verse of the
psalm to make the congregation laugh
when he read: my soul cleaveth to the
dust
She stepped out of the cars few min
uteS, leaving a book in the seat, but on re
turning went to the wrong pew and in
quired of placid old lady: care you sit
ting on That Husband of Mine: -
"Good gracious, no. exclaimed the old
maid, jumping up and scanning the seat
with rigid scrutiny.
=" Nothing" remarked teacher of
botany. the other day, "nothng will come
up when the ground is frozen" If the
teacher will just try to put the crupper on
bay mule when it is feeling little dys.
peptic, he will discover there are things
which come up like rockets without any
regard to the weather.
Burlington Harkegs: We do not sup
pose that lecturers are, as class, particu
larly renowned for personal courage, but
we have yet to meet one who would not
rather see one Of his audiences pull re-
yoirer on him than a watch. When man
in the audience pulls out a watch as big as
a tin basin, then fixes a glare of stony,
inexpressibe amazement and outraged pa.
tience on the man who talks-brethren,
you want 20 look around for a clean place
in which to lay down and die.