The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-09-19

mask OF beauty so lOatnSOme, so ter
rible a power, sounds like those wild
unreal tales OF Edgar Poe, wherein all
that is divine in this world is but a
causeWay in q chRruel-hOuse. Yet in
the beautiful suburbs OF Rome, the
grsndest palaces are deserted perfOrce
| in summer time. The malignant ma
larial power is betrayed by no exteT.
AMI sign. The air seems pure, the soil
is fertile, and a balnIy freshness in the
evening air atOnes for the heat OF the
day. Nothing warns you that you are
inhaling the breath Of death. The
| Villa BOrghess, "mOre enchanting
than dream" !" is utterly deserted dur
| ing the summer. There is but one
way to stay the power Of pestilence
wherever 1t may be that il to with
draw the human victim it preys upon.
Asylums should be opened in every
| city beyond the reach OF the pesti-
lenee, for the reception Of those too
| poor To bear the expenses OF q sOjOurn
in q strange land. What use tU go ON
sending our best into the jaws of
death COJTiCT-JOuTHGL.
IL is q great mistake for a young
lady who cOntemplates marrying a
"fOreign count" to refuse acquainting
herself with all the household duties
at home, such as washing, cooking,
darning stockings, etc. To he sud-
denly compelled to turn her hand to
such work q month or two after mar
risge may give her constitution a
shock from which she will never fully
recOver.-NOTriStOIDR Herald
The last man will have an awfulIy
/ lonesome time OF 1t. Nobody to bOr-
row money of; nobody to dun him or
raise his rent; no gas metre to make
things lively; no book agents; no life
/ insurance man aud no oldest inhabi-
tant to declare that it's the most re-
markable weather we have ever had.
The last man Excuse Us. We are
not 8 candidate.-heOElIE COHStitu-
tiOn.
Two friends, just married, were dis
cussing rapturOusly, as they cOngratu-
lated each other, on the merits and
charms of their spOuses. Said one ::
my wife has got the lOvliest head OF
\ hair ever saw on the hair renOvatOr
labels. When she lets her hair down
the end falls to the floor" THAT'S
nothing" replied the other, "when
my wife lets her hair down il all falls
TO the floor"
"YOu want to brake on this road, do
/ you Well, you can sit down there.
/ We have no vacancy just at present
but kill about two brakemen q day,
and | dare say in a few minutes /
shall hear OF some one losing an arm
or leg, and then you can have
job" The man thought he would
not walt
When two scientific societies will
spend four weeks wrangling over the
wrinkles on a cows horn, we COM
mon folks can be excused for inquir-
ing how long it takes q mud-turtle to
get the full growth Of his wings
| Free Press.
An old gentleman has Just died in
/ Illinois who held the Office OF Post
master in q small town for more than
thirty years. He said he thought he
might have worried through another
summer IL there hadn't been so many
postal cards IN read.
An old mau who had been badly
hurt in a railroad collision, being ad
vised 10 sue the company tOr dam
ages, said "Well, no, not for dam
ages, I've had enough OF them but
I'll just sue 'em for repairs"
Vsssar College girls have q secret
society called The NassarisHs," and
any mem Der who fOrgets her dignity
and slides down the stair railing, -
fined thirty-One peanuts and q stick
Of gam Free Press
Il say, Jim," said one friend to an
other, on meeting, 81 hear our friend
A has been in speculation heavily.
Has he made anything ," Yes"
said jim, "he made an assignment"
An unsuccessful lover WAS asked by
! what means he lost his divinity.
''Alas - cried he, Il ilattered her un-
til she got too proud to speak to me-"
Its a tantalizlng act, says an ex-
change, to give an ague patient bot
tie ~ medicine and tell him 20 shake
we'll before using"
''I do not wish your assertions to
pass for truth, madam. ."-"YU1 can
easily prevent Il, zir, by repeating
them yourself"
The young man who took seat
near the object OF his alteration Ex-
claimed, This l. juxtappsition tnst
suits me ~
The road to wealth l. open N all.
Ira a narrow track, though, and can't
he Travelled IN g carriage.
We pass nur lives in regretting the
past, complaining Of the present, aud
indulging false hopes % the future.
Prefer sense TO wit never seek to
be divertiug without being uBeful :;
let no jest intrude upon good MAN.
ners.
Be deaf to the qusrrelsOme, blind TO
the scDrner, and dumb tn those who
are mischievOusly inquisitive.
, Among the bOOks.-Patron Have
YOU Chsucer - Boy behind tile cuun-
. ter-'D Iu't u-e tOb4ccO
A modest youth may become con-
fdent man, though never All iH,pr"-
. dent one.
The more suits at Law, the le-s snits
On your back.
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