Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-12


The supervision of the whole is done
voluntarily by the ladies whom the as
sociatiop appoints. In the shops all is
activity and order; the work in the
register office is no less brisk; every
ing to live honestly and independently
by their own labor, whether as servants,
artists, work-wot'1en or teachers.
"A youth, even though he bs titled
ruler, finds it hard to resist "good
Clothes" and especially regimentals.
When Prince Alexander, newly of Bull
garia, called upon the Emperor at Ber-
lin, he naturally wore the uniform of his
rank-second-lieuten in the Prussian
Army. 1t was, of course, unreasonable
that mere cseGord-lientsnant should be
cordially received by an Emperor, so
that potentate dubbed the young man
"Major" on the spot. The Prince hal
guessed what the Emperor might do,
and accordingly had a majors uniform
ready at his hotel. He dashed out of
the palace and to the hotel, changed his
iieutenant's for his majors uniform, and
dashed out again, TO finish his round of
state and official calls.
Odds and Ends.
There is no circus tent, howe'er much
watched and tended,
But needs some greater care;
There is no hole, However well defended,
But has small boy thete!
A smoothly polished hoe-handle
possesses three times the blistering
qualities of knotty fish-pole in the es-
timation of every American youth
Elmira Gazette.
=" In the bright complexion of my
youth I'll have no such word as pale, "
and she reached for the rouge box with
the clutch of an angel.-New Hace,s
Register.
The Yonkers Gazette says that in
tellectual men are rarely handsome.
Now we know why we are so often mis-
taken for Ralph Waldo Emerson
Utica Observer.
Canned strawberries are like Fourth
of July orations held over till spring.
You can't tell what you are eating un-
less you look at the label on the can
Detroit Free Press.
Who was it asked what is tarer than
day in June? We want to tell him
to salt down the observation that the
29th of February is.-FOnd du Lac Re-
porter.
The sale of striped stockings, it is
said, is twice as large in prairie coun-
tries as It is in less breezy localities.
The reason is obvious-so are the stock
ings-OHaUa Republican.
The philosopher says: "Life is but
q span." But at the rate some of the
fellows are going through it we should
remark that they must have seven or
eight horses hitched to them.--EtHsir0
Gazette.
- 4 Msrsthan boy came home with
his hair dripping vet, having just come
out of the swimming ho1s. He was
equal to the emergency, and escaped
busy time with his mother and birch
sprout by wearily wiping his forehead
and remsrking, "It's awful hot work,
Syracuse Sunday Times.
"A lghtning-rod peddler was struck
by lightning in Indiana, while seated on
lis wagon during thunderstorm, talk
ing through the window of farmers
residence, trying to induce th5 farmer to
let him rod the barn. 1t was the largest
funeral ever seen IN lnuldnd. Teopie
went miles to see the deceased. They
couldn't believe it until they saw it with
their own eyes.--Peck's Milwaakes Sun
Now that the swimming season has
arrived, we take pleasure in announcing
to the small boy that d new kind of 8
knot has been discovered for tying shirt
sleeves, and more the victim chews on
it the tighter It gets. In some cases it
has been so successful that boys have
actually frozen to death before they
could get dressed.-Uncle Sam.
This is a strange world. II a lady
wears a number seven shoe, her gentle
men acgaintances never get sight OF
her foot until she has gone out of the
market by the lapse ct years. But il
she wears a one-and- a-half or g two,
every body knows it, and the little feel
may be seen any raipy day picking
their way across the muddy street, while
the owner looks so innocent no one
would suspect she was conscious of OBJ
servation.--N. Y. People.