Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01
An Old Mans Melancholy.

we were impressed not long since with
brief experience of a good old man who was
slightly Intoxicated for one night only. as re-
lated by himself. Il went home angry and
ashamed. he said and half gone with hor-
would say about it. j took Off my shoes aud
hung them on the gatepost in the excess Of my
caution and timidity | got into the house
with marye'ous dexterity: and into the be /
room vii hOu: making the slightest noise. Sarah
always slept in front. The foot board was I'M
usually high, and | was never much of Il
gymnaSt, but my success thus far had impress
ed me. so that | felt equal to almost any
thing"
His sadness was such that his hearers were
sad, too, and one young person was 50 much
that he bursl forth, / see now it is; YOU prob,
ably fell and broke your neck. "
No, my young friend" replied the Old
slowly, painfully, and with the utmost caution
and secrecy, You have heard, perhaps, how
excessively large and threatening every noise
is III the stiffness of a dark night, particularly
when you are trying to keep still yourself and
occasionally Straining your ears in fear of
some sound that is nevertheless expected and
pretty sure to come. That was what allied me.
My heart beat like drum and the clock in
the room licked as. if it would have liked to
arouse the entire neighborhood. | got safely
down into that bed and under the clothes. /
laughed to myself till the bed shook. My fear
mad given place to an unnatural hilarity |
grinned and chuekled and was exceedingly
ABSURD. can never think of that time without
anu Wishing tilaG somebody Won al
hand me asponge whereWith to wipe it out. lie
struck me suddenly that Sarah was unnatural.
y still. L put my hand over to her side of the
bed and, merciful heayenS,"
WAS she dead?" inquired the Young Der
with intense anxiety.
MAN. N ybSu Ws ea rr replied lied the good old
nelgi. Dor 8 to pass the night, and, inSufferable
idiot that was had forgotten all about it, :"
Il lowed his head in his bling hands, and
III nyh hts tif.,r a
down his long gray beard.-[ ButaIo E1
. eSS
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS WORTH OF HEATHER
CoNvERsION-The old man was oiling the
hinges OF the stove door, and carelessly sing
ing one OF Beethoven's best, when a middle
Mr.. Joy, are you a good mani "WelI, toIer-
aableLtolerable," he replied. II never drop
BAD 1Gkle into the strsetcar box and don't
vassing for money to buy Bibles and so forth.
for the African heathen," she continued.
as she exhibited ARE chr Does
longlng!y this way" docs, Ell! Sitting right
there this morning, | 'spo5ee|' He is; How
I've got to lift mortgage before noon to-day,
and -" You will certainly give something"
She Interrupted. And I've got to meet fire
- "Put down what your noble heart die.
tates," she said, as she handed him the book
He reflected for a moment, and then asked:
Bly, aea hsatSen WITH s
tanE 81 ae is With Renc on the bot
two hundred pounds of heather is forty pounds
Tor dollar. That Is less See-um-ten pounds
for twenty-five cents, and none to carry. Di-
vide the dividend by the divisOr, cut off the
cube root, carry nothing. and madam, you take
this quarter and convert ten pounds Of he ithen
for me. That's all can spare-nO use of ia TX
ing-ten pOunds-here comes His Honor" She
went away puzzled and amazed at his figures.
ought to have taken mortgage on nv share
of that heather, but I'm just that careless in
business affairs. Detroit Free Press.
CoRsETs Nor UNCONSTITUTIONAL con-
stitutiOnal right of woman to brace herself up
with cOrSetS has at last been established by no
less an authority than the supreme court of
Pennsylvania. A lady who was obliged to
stand in crowded horse car fell down and
the company alleging contributory negligence
on her part in not taking hold of the strap
provided for standing passengers; the lady re-
plying that she could not reach or hold the
strap without injury, owing to the fashion of
stays which ladies were now required to wear
The court decided that she ought not to be eX-
pected to reach up, under the circumstances,
and gave her a verdict of 5000, which. upon
appeal. was confirmed by the supreme court
SO carping critics will please take note that
although corsets may be inju ious 70 the con
Buffalo Courier.
FROM Two POINTS OF VIEw.-Mr. and
Mrs. SquibbleS and the visitor were sitting in
the parlOr and the olive branch was Sleepins
SweeIlv in an inner room, from which door
opened into the parlor. "Yes ma am" said
SQuibbleS. there is something about babies
that appeal to the finer feelings of our nature
an indehnable presence which softens us and
makes our hearts go out towards them; a sub
tie influence which recallS-fOr Gods sake,
Maria, go in there and strange that brat, or
do some hing to make it shut up, so that man
can hear himself talk in his own house,
[AuStin (NeU.) ReUiHe.)
MORE cooperative associations exist in Paris
than is generally supposed. At recent ban
quet, twelve societies were represented, viz {:
Furniture carvers cOachmakers, Shoemakers,
two societies of workers in tin, typOgrapherS,
musical instrument makers, laundry workers,
photographers, spectacle makers, stonecutters,
marble workers, j9iners, opticians, house