Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-06

of With 9 little sob that 10 half stranglet
by Juliet's arm about her neck.
30 the curtain falls Oh our little dra
ma. Let us hope that this '2ove on q
balcony" may prove to be of the right
sort that will last through life; that none
OF them may ever take poison; and thai
the stream that often has its rocks and
shadows, sharp curves and rapids, may
IN this Case, in spite of the old adage
'run smooth"
The Hashery.
Full of interest-A long note over.
due.
Sound investment-Bu Buying tele.
phone.
Education in Cypras-A-Greek-cul
ture.
An exchange remarks that "Solo.
mon, in all his glory, was not raid
like one of these Mexican raids"
1t isn't always the man who ham.
mers hardest on his pulpit desk that
most firmly rivets the attention of his
hearers.
What's that for?' asked the sick
little boy to whom the doctor gave an
emetic. Give it up" said the jovial
doctor. I'D
Probably the mild-eyed goat is the
only animal ever invented that can eat
twenty-four hours day, and then get
up an hour before day and devour a
flour barrel and seven old fruit cans for
a unch.-Noristo,on Herald.
Hood, in describing the meeting of
a man and lion, said "The man ran
off with all his might, and the lion
with all his NAME"
Any father who would 90 out and
put tar on top of his front gate after
dark must be lost to all sense of hui
mainly and ordinary responsibility.
1t is w interesting sight to watch n
young lady in Sunday school endeavor-
ing to instruct class of little girls, while
her own mind is centered upon class
of big boys.
In the make up of the modern small
boy there is altogether too much
whistle for the amount of boy. 1t is
most too much like using a two-quart
funnel in three-ounce vial.
A poem commences, "Undcr the viii.
lows he's lying" He must be tramp.
They lie under all sorts of trees. One
was discovered lying under an axle-tree
the other morning. The owner of the
wagon made him wheel-wright around
and leave.-NOrristow Herald.
As good joke on the inland secreta-
ry of the navy, the papers are telling
that, when he was inspecting war ship
at the Philadelphia navy yard, it was
thought proper to show him the depth
of the vessel by removing one of the
matches; when, to the astonishment oil
all present, he exclaimed "Why', the
old thing is hollow"
"You want to break on this road, do
you? Well, you can sit down there. We
have no vacancy just at present; but we
kill about two breakemen day, and
dare say in few minutes shall hear
Of some one losing an arm or leg, and
then you can have the job" The man
thought he wouldnot wait.
"And then she looked at me 30 low
ingly, and l drew her close to my bos-
ON, and was just kissing her for the
second time when the vision broke and
l paid the dentist and left. at was his
first experience with nitrous oxid gas"
When country editor, who is strug-
Cling along trying to rear large family
and build up a town on an income Of
$500 year, discovers that baseball
pitcher hauls in 81, 700 for the season, it
makes him sit down on the roller-box
and think. Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
There seems to be altogether too
much fuss about this church-debt
raising Kimball. Who couldn't raise a
debt? Give somebody else a chance.
That's all, you know; but then, alas!
some of us never get that chance. Yes,
base is the slave that pays. We feel
it; it's our misfortune.
"Ah me-" sighed a rising young gent
us throwing down his pen and leaning
back YEARLY, "you don't know how
much pleasanter and easier it is to read
these little poems of mine, than it is to
write them" Sympathetic but awk-
ward friend. "Gad, how You must suffer,
thenw-Hawkeye.
1t is about time, young man, for you
to withdraw from society and become a
nun for the next three months, or else
save up every last nickel you can earn
and borrow for Christmas presents.
This advice, it may seem to you, is a
triAe early, but you just think Of it
Christmas eve, and you will wish you
had commenced about the fourth OF
July.
A gentleman recently invited lee
turer to his home to take tea. I'm.
mediately on being seated at the table
little daughter of the gentleman said
to the guest, quite abruptly "Where is
uonr wife o, The gentleman having