The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-28
CURRENT nttMOR.

a FfnnghlnRn and traded horses with him,
aud though ELL did his best they came out
even.
The best and most thoughtful newspapers
now allow contributors to the waste basket
tn write TN both Sides Ut the sheet ATLANTA
Constitution.
We suggest that everybody drop the dis
ctlsslOn oil the gem puzzle and try to find why
base VOL players are always fat Bridge
pert Standard.
They are soon to hold an election In Mexico,
and all parties are preparing to selHs the
ballot boxes and declare their candidate
elected.
The only thing American about brass
band, Is the way small boys paddie through
mud and dust tn eaten enough Of the tune 10
WHISTLE Detroit Free Press.
A New York man who wac troubled with In
somnia took q situation az night watchman,
and was asleep half an hour after he went bb
duty the first tims.-I Boston Post
An Iowa clergyman preached against the
sln OF shaving On Sunday, and nert sabbath
the sexton refused to sullt kIndlings to start
q fire, and the congregation dispersed.
De Lesseps estimates that the brooklyn
bridge will last for six centuries. We shall
watch that bridge with come curiosity to SEQ
Just how near he hits It'll Boston Trans.
orlpt.
The postal card IL pushing the three.cent
stamp aside. The tIlnidity Of parties who
write love letters. is about the only thing that
keeps up the sale OF three.eent stamps
Quincy Modern Argo.
Tennyson declines an offer Of $4,000 from an
4 tragedy Ii averted by "Rlx8's Bltters." We
deapiss lnaa who'll fool away such chance
to make money. Send RlKx TO us.
Talk about the sincerity Of poets T'enny.
sou thinks there's nothing 30 good as Amerl-
oan navy plug tobacco, and yet he writes biz
roses. When has he ever hauled out an ode
to navy plug
A physician who lately emigrated TO Colo
RADIO wasn't used to Western ways and gave
y man carbolie acid instead Of whisky as an
antldote for snake bite, and the Indignant
victim has notified oil his friends TO have
nothing to do with the mean man.
Manvllle Ito his widowed friend Chasuble,
who has views On artl--"ls II true that you We
broken off with sir Henry's daughter n Cha
suble-"Alasl yes, / was forced to. although
shells q charming woman Manyilie-"Why2''
Uhasuble- 'lneOmpatlbllity Of complexion
She does not suit my furniture
"You can't fool a woman easily," says the
Boston Post Well, who wants to fool q wp-
man, anyhow! What good does It dor She's
always got the best OF you; aud since It's
fashionable to put arsenic III mlnoe pies,
young man, We shouldn't advise you to fool i
oman.--tN New York Express.
mile chase over q stumpy road, oontrlved to
beat the brides father TO the clergyman's
just enough to allow the ceremony to be per.
formed before the old man arrived, they had
the notice OF the wedding supplemented with
the statement: mo cards." It's we'll to live
up to the fashion In these matters.
These days no one liz aafe from the charge
Of plagiarism. Brown went to church last
Sunday--R thing unusual=~Rnd upon being
nsked his opinion Of the clergyman. said
"Oh, his sermon was very good; but that
prayer. beginning with Our. Father think
ching somewhere that IL was strangely like. "
A Western minister told the trustees Of his
church that he must have his money, as his
family was suffering. Money!" said one Of
the trustees, ''you preach for money!
Thought you preached for the good Of souls. "
The minister replied. Il can't eat souls, and
II could, 1t would take thousand such as
yours to make meal"
An honest farmers idea Of communism !:
AFTER all, says the friend who Ia explaining
the subject to him, III all the money owned
In France were to be put together and equal
francs o5 confines" "Weli," says the honest
farmer, that with what / already have
wouldn't be 80 bad"
An insurance agent, seeing that would
be insurer had answered the questions,
Age Of father. II living r. age of mother,
III
the other 1O2 years Old, congratulated him
on coming Of such a lonR-lived family,
"Oh," said the applicant, my parents died
many years ago; but, II living. would be
aged 10 they are put NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Journal.
terprise, utter all. Last week the wife Of q
well known business man, residing ON ELLIS
street. eloped, The departure was discovered
about 10 O'clock In the evening, and at the
the furniture sold at auction, and delivered
up the key Of the house to f,is landlord the
afternoon Of the same day. He was terribly
afraid she would change her mind and re-
turn.-[San Francisco Post.
Soma ono n,,t q wooden indian ,,,nder the
saw it and yelled, and policeman came Ia