, 1878-02-01

mean war IL was enthusiastically
Rursian. We rejoiced that the com
bined forces Of England, France, and
Sardinia were so long in capturing
the Malskoif. In the recent Ger.
man.French war American sympathy
was at first with the Germans till the
Empire fell, then it was with the
Republic under Gambetta. As a
rule America has very friendly
feeling for Russia, and il this senti
ment has not been pronounced in the
recent Struggle it is because we have
regarded Turkey as bottom dog in
the fight.
When you see a man, with a long
willow switch in his hand, sneak
down to the back fence, and stealth
lily pull himself up until his head is
above the top Of it, and then look
anxiously, longingly, and with dis
appointed expression wlthal, up and
down and all around vast, lifcless,
uninhahited scope of vacant lot with
out sign of human life about it, you
may safely bet your little pile that
there is broken window in that
mans house and twelve year old
boy about thousand miles away
and still going.
"Js-Whilikins," he said, as he
came into the house rubbing his
hands and shivering. Jane!
where is my last years overcoat?"
Why, did you want it again?" said
a wee little little voice. " Want it
again? Why thunder and lightning,
of course did," George, l made it
into carpet rags" He rubbed his
nose on his sleeve and eiaculated:
"Carpet rags and the thermometer
below swearing point!"
There is nameless delight and indis
cribable exaltation in the highest re :
wards and triumphs of literature,
oratory, state craft, the pulpit, and
the bar, but it is when the patientest
young man of the three sees his two
rivals disappear through the outer
door Sunday night, who climbs to
the top of high Olympus, and leans
rack ana makes himself easy with
the immort1iguds.
A lawyer went into barber shop
the procure wig. In taking the di,
mensions of the lawyers head the
barber exclaimed: "Why, how long
your head is sir!" " Yes" replied the
legal gentleman, "we lawyers must
have long heads" The barber soon
after exclaimed: +" Why, sir, your
head is as thick as it is long.!" The
lawyers reply to this is not reported.
Young men who are afraid to
marry, in consequence of the ex
pense of housekeeping, should re-
feet on Brigham Young, who died
worth two millions, in spite Of nine.
teen wives and sixty-seven children.
Getting married is like vot;ng-com.
mence early.
There were only seventy cats at
Philadelphia's recent cat-show.
The other 7,00O,547 were sitting on
back fences and sheds O. nights,
growing at the small amount of the
premiums offered and discussing
methods to avert the dangers threat.
ened by the lively sausage season.
THE editor of the Salem Record"
says if he wanted picture of inno-
cence, and did not want to sit for it
himself, he would get correct like
ness of a mule. Either would do.
Undoubtedly it would make no ma
terial difference.
1t will afford sweeter happiness in
the hour of death, to have wiped
one tear from the cheek of sorrow
than to have ruled an empire, con-
quered millions, or to have enslaved
the world.
The London News recently said:
"'Thoughts of peace have disappeared,
and a disrup ton of the Cabinet is
eminent. Disraeli has forced Eng
land to point where war seems al /.
most unavoidable"
A man who thought he would
present his wife with material for a
new dress, was somewhat surprised
to see the dealer slip the cloth in an
envelope, and say he would have the
buttons sent right up in dray.
The burglars prayer: "Kind
heaven! do not pray for wealth,
but place me within arms length OF
the man who has it.