The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-01-21
WAIFS AND WHIMs.

NOTHING in all this social universe Is
so utterly thrown away and trOdden un-
der foot as a dishonored woman.
EIelBIpsmmI spBm soTBls 4oBq 10 I!Bd
g s! 0I9Q4 49sI4s eq4 no Isq4o qoB9 ssBd
10 s4Bq Asu q4!A USWoA oA4 NaHM
QUILTED satin petticoats in colors to
match costumes bid fair to displace felt
and cloth balmorals for mid-winter
wear.
IT is often a more IneritOrlous act for
8 woman to allow something good to be
said of another woman than it would be
for her to say it herself.
The popular fur-lined wrap is the cir
cular. 1t is EARLY put off and on and
does not crush the dress. Squirrel fur
is mostly used for lining.
THERE is no widow so utterly widowed
in her circumstances as she who has
drunken husband-nO orphan so per-
fectly destitute as he who has drunken
father.
A TON of gold makes fraction over
half a million of dollars, and when a
man says his wife is worth her weight
ingold, and she weighs 120 pounds, she
is worth $4,000.
A YOUNG artist has painted the pic
ture of dog under tree, and the work
is so artistically done that none of the
connoisseurs can tell the bark of the
tree from that of the dog.
"What do you do when you have a
cold ?" asked man of Simpkins, yes
terday, g Cough" was the sententious
reply.-PhitadeEphga Sunday Item
D0ad't you ever blew you doseH
MRS. LANGTRY is described as having
been in her girlhood Ga lovely little
creature with floating golden hair. who
used to dash about the island of Jersey
on her little pony in most daring fash
lAp"
A GREAT many of our modern young
ladies resemble the lilies of the field;
they toll not, neither do they spinl But
they spend a pile Of money ana lay
around the house and let their mothers
do the work,
THE web of our life is of a mingled
yarn, good and i'll together; our virtues
would be proud if our faults whipped
them not, and our crimes would despair
if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
SEVERAL girls were recently brought
before justice in Scranton, Pa, on
charge of stOning peaeeable old lady.
Their defense was that she was a witch
and they believed it to be their duty to
stone her to death.
sETLEhe bent over the shining mini gg head
He softly said, f.l-
Pleading to the bught-eyed miss
Just for the loan Of one sweet kiss
The maiden tossed her pretty head,
And g No, won't youP'
She saucily said. ...sr -E
How foolish he is" thought the little miss;
'' He should not ask for. but steal the kiss"
WE'VE got another one-hold on
keep your seats. What is the difference
between a blind mule and a man who
never reads a newspaper? Well, there
isn't any difference. Entered accord
ing to act of Congress, etc. Ist
THE Lockport Uapion thinks 9 is next
to nothing. Why, Ives, we thought you
had been there often enough to know
that "nein" was nothing-but, come to
think, perhaps Lockport people never
do decline any thing. - Yonkers Statesman
A GENTLEMAN who had been dining
out the night before went into barber
shop to be shaved. He saw that the
barber had been taking more than was
good for him, for his hand shook very
much; and, naturally indignant, be be-
gan to give him little moral advice by
saying: " Bad thing, drink 2' "Yes,"'
said the barber, " it makes the skin
awful tender"
THE amount of silk worn each year in
Switzerland amounts to more than $40,-
600, 900; and the larger part of this is
woven by women in their homes, using
looms very similar to those used by our
grandmothers. They also spin both
fax and cotton and with the threads they
knit, net, crochet, bolts of fanciful arti-
cles. Their embroidery is famous for
its beauty and delicacy.
A GENTLEMAN not extremely given
to piety was dismayed by being asked to
say grace at strange table. To refuse
and explain would be embarrassing; to
comply would be equally so; but he
chose the latter, and started off briskly
enough with, "Oh, Lord, bless this
table" Just here, being unused to
the business, he nearly broke down, but
by gigantic effort pulled through with,
"World without end. Yours, respect
fully, amen"