The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISOLLIANE UIS.
MEANNEss sometimes makes a saint.
Some men are only good because it costs
money to be wicked.
Down in Amsterdam they are inaugur-
ating what they call hug parties;" and
everybody embraces the opportunity
and the girls.-Syracusc Times.
/ IT wasn't until a Brooklyn youth had
stabbed his girl that she found out that
she loved him. Young man, if you are
in love, here is an example for you.-
Phil. Chronicle Herald.
ECONOMY is the road to wealth."
and the way can be easily told by the
tall grass which streaks its centre
Whitehall Timss.
SIMON CAMERON does not find the
Arkansas Hot Springs as warm for him
as the Widow Oliver made Washington.
N. Y. Star.
SAYS Josh Billings: ~ notiss one
thing, the man who rides on The cars
every day is satisfied with one seat, but
the man who rides once 8 year wants at
least four"
The ward boundaries of Constantine
pie will have to be drawn in little in
order to get the capital inside the limits
of thc new map of Turkey Darlington
| HaWkeye.
OUR new silver dollar contains only
! % cents worth Of silver, but the mar
who tries to get one for less than Hoo
cents is liable to be laughed at.-B0Stoa
Tuarler.
ONE side of the fraudulent dollar has
a fat British girl on with tremendous
bang. and on the other hen flying of
! her probably frightened by the
bang,-Philodeiphja Bui5ctjn
The editor of the Burlington HuuRcyc
says the statement that he can marry his
cousin is totally false. lie is married
already his cousins are all married, and
] his cousins are all men. Oh, yerv well;
he needn' do it. There are other men
in this world, we hope.-BVdalo Etwsse.
An Illinois woman has written to one
of the assistant postmaster generals to
pick her out a good young man Tor
husband. He ut once replied thatit was
not his business to sort the males and
she wasn't an Ohio woman, anyhow
CoNrEpRuN by the man in the sew
eulh story Why is passenger Gle,
yator like an unruty member Of the
jegisIature?' An~wCr, with considerable
emotion. Because il is ALWAYS out Of
order.
Iro NIlr ha- three hrothnrs gorr
so wear. OH hea-ridden ana qna,,lact,,
Johann is tha head nf the Family, nh.
,bird /. ~. ax-,Ir-pit and secaIa,, ,riSsr
Rn.;,Iae mo mono l,s t,ya ,,orriol si.+or.
and nephew, who H. volunteer II. Tie
Italian army.
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aant lat Eis rInhT Gnmf lyi.y
3irEer.dan.t Nm .wi,,athn bottan Il ~.
rfa.s brf.ra. Van. hr.n.,i n,,2 I4.fo,sr.
,Iar1.an3 wine War,e;sh waI,o,,.
didn't understand va, r. nraa~ Iry
shrrry yiro .(51nrrIl tittar' 0la
cont ruel,a- ~. and ,,.ritas IN no aq,,,,.i+.
tpe.-puarb.
AH Illinois woman has written toonc
81 the assistant postmaster generals to
pick her out GOOD young man forahu.
band. Heat once replied that il wa
NOT his uusine~s TO sort the MALL. and II.
WASN'T an Ohio woman. ANYHOW IH.a.
BuNefa. His aDsa.. .%H.g~ him rs
q ypry iInpo]ite official
tonp 1T,cn-rAv j., de,cr;hino The
troubles nf C;rsst Rritein in .,,mrr y.ars
with respect 10 currency, remarks: at
may well be doubted whether all the
misery inflicted on the English nation in
q quarter Of a century by bad kings,
bad ministers, bag parliaments and bad
judges was equal to the misery caused
in single year by bad crowns and bad
shillings"
A PRACTICAL English clergyman has
induced the Shakers residing near him 10
alter one article of their creed. When
they called on him 10 bury one of their
number he asked, e Is she dead?" and
on receiving the answer, "No; she is not
dead, she sI5epcth," closed his book and
walked off, saying, ~ can't bury one
that isn't dead" They agreed to regard
her as dead
BuBBISs has had more trouble with
his phonograph. There was sewing
society at his home the other dav, and
the phonocraph kent sup lively CONVEX
sation that evening about the needs of
the heather, and the faults of the neigh
bors, until midnight. Then Bubbins
corked it up, and in less than fifteen
minutesit exploded, and destroyed about
half the parlor furniture. There are
limits to the character Of the phono-
graph.
THE Abba, a lofty ,,-. journal published