The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-02-15
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Globe.
The material most frequently used
nowadays for a llfe-size bust is q
quart Of whisky.-[St. Louis Chris
tian Advocate.
When Mr., Bcccher is asked for
the devils present abode, he is too
polite to say that a letter might be
directed experimeatally TO Chr,
cago.-[Chicago Inter- Ocean.
1t only needed half a man more
to pass the Matthews resolution 10y
a two-thirds vote. II Senator kel-
log, of Louisiana, had voted, it
would exactly have made id
Washington Republican.
II told her Id never smoke n
other cigar" he SAID, softly, land |
won't. A pipe is plenty good
enough for me" and he gracefully
drew a match oyer the largest part
of his trousers,-[Suburban News.
Th,re is a great deal Of truth in
the statement that when a man fails
in business, people say he has gone
up > but you never hear his credit
ors make that assertion when they
attend his obscquics. - Chicago
Times.
Singular, ain't it, that when a man
gives his wife a dime to buy q box
of hair~pins or a gum ring for the
baby, it looks about seven times as
big as when he planks it down for
q little bitters for the stomach's
ake,-LBuilaIo Express.
A little seven year~old boy in
New Jersey was telling his brother
that the portraits he was showing
were those of the presi ents of the
United States. Said the boy: Most
Of these were elected, and the other
one got n."-[Newark Courier.
The Greek word translated "eter-
nal! is ''ainon." There is obviously
a mistake in regard to its effect. 1t
is a good while, but it is not eternal.
you have eaten alonion nobody
can detect it in your breath more
than a month. in. Y. Herald.
Did you ever sit down before the
CRATE and Gloss your legs and won
der how 1t comes that a dear little
.oddIing youngster, too small to lift
| dictionary, can ak questions that
would send a college professor 10
he foot of the class p Gail Ham,
ton.
The butter-head woman is now
making a lifc,size bust of Lady
Mrs. GOdrya's wardrobe,
according to the pictures We have
cen, was only her long hair, and
Hrs. Brooks should have no diff
.ulty in procuring butter of that
descriptions Courier Journal.
When you see a man come to
own with a small load Of wood in
lis wagon, and three or four good
under it, you can bet your
dollar that you are gazing
t one Of that unfortunate class who :
an not 0fo d to take a paper .
Worcester Press.
The New York Herald Of Sun.
ay has a three-coi0mn interview
7ilh Mr., Beecher on tAe subject Of
ell. Mr.. Beecher positively denied !
he existence of such a place even
loro emphatically than in his recent
armon. Great joy was manifested
mong the Herald men at this intel a
gcnce.- Christian Union. :,
1t was midnight, The sky ap> $
ear d like a big blue-black sieve n
ierced with golden holes. Jones =
as wandering homeward, OCCASION a
Strengthening up some leaning .
Imp-post. He expected a talking, Ii
20, which was probably the reason
by he quoted MAN never is, but b
ways 10 be blest. '-LBridgcport i
tendurd. L
A person that was looking at a ID
1uSe the other day. said he couldn't e. e.
ford to pay such rent. well, p
at the ncighborhood," replied II
woman. You can borrow fat
ons next door, coffee and tea 81
ross the street, -four and sugar on
corner, and there's "a big pile Of
God belonging to the school~house ppII
.ht cross the alley. : Rochester
cmoCrat. Ne
A synonym need not always be o. @,
pressed, it can sometimes be inn W
led. For instance when we say: Of
let a thief to catch ~a-president of he
COMPANY the words of the all
d adage are slightly altered, but "
e meaning remains the same. This
ows how easy il is COR the human va
nd to adapt itself to an innova> Oo'
IN on anv mode of expression au
,hicago Tribune. S *,
Ben. Butler called at the white DO
use yesterday and smoked his Ra
cigar in the room of Pri~ 10
tie Secretary Rogers, who as he str
tered, looked %anxiously at the hat me-
his visitor, but Ben. turned the 6 I
tide toward mis- host, aud, smiling,
ace at once asserted its dominion
the breast of the Disconnected
Ben. had emptied the
ont and loft them with the -