The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-19
CURRENT HUM DIR.

tNa@ York Eypress.
query for naturalsts: Are the Michigan
doris any relation to the Portuguese. and II so.
how nlueh2 a..*
lie has fascinated a great many people, but
he Ia not Broca@slo u. Cameron. New York
Mail.
You can use q postage stamp twice. The
first time II will cost sou three cents the
second time $50
The experienced never speak OF Chicago
girls faet by their name. They mention them
respectfully "a Chieagoe great terminal ia
ciIiti.s.
The philosophy Of n dog g running when r.
can Ia tied 10 his tail. tnstead If biting the
string off, ia not very clearly understood
llSyraeuss lines
1t always pays to be polite In crossing the
street lot the man walking with you go first.
He'll tra,np down the SHOW and you eau fol
low LII his tracks, Boston Post.
| An Italian being accused Of marrying five
Wives was asked by tho Judge why he ~edded
90 many. I'm ordrr to meet with good one,
II poaslhIa." the fellow replied.
"ShalI hereafter darn your stockings p
IL said 10 be the fashtonahl" language tor II
young lady IT, use when making leap year
proposal. IPhiadephia Chronicle Herald.
The latest boom Ia in the price Of tomb
stones. aud unless men wish Ia play INTO the
lJlands Of a bloOd-suCking monopoly they
Rshunld sternly refuse ~ dte.
Young man II 1t H. II o'clock and che goes TO
the plano and plays a few bars of The
Sweet Bye and Bye. you may consider the
seauce over Tor the night, IPhiladelphia
| Item.
A Californians matrimonial advertisement
| Winds np "a follows: Fortune no object. hut
| should require the gala relations tn deposit
$500 with mo rs security for her good be-
| haviOr
We protest against the folly of this sense
| lGas demand that the money o. the band
should be kept in circulation. That's just
the trouble with It.. it crculntes too fast
burlington lIawkese.
I There are no cats In Greenland. But they
| have u native dog that never sleeps and can
| howl hole In the eide OF m iceberg In thirty
| niDutes. SO that the natives don't miss the
| eats SO much ma you would think.
| 1t Ia estimated that the time wasted by
women Ut the United States in looking under
beds for men at night. II devoted To tho work.
would result In q year q time IN making over
| 1000 pairs of snspenders for tile heather.
| What twenty -Gvs cents pound for aarl-
sages2 Why. can get 'em down at Srhmidta
tor twenty cents" "Ne den Wy didn't yer "
| cause Schmidt was out of EN- YELL Nv
! was owit OF 'em Hid sell EN- Tor twendy cents
| too.
Ky bottle and gave il to u +, vas man. in the
dark 10 take drink out IF. aud though the
hornets got In their work aa they went down.
tho Texan remarked that IT wnan't real Texas
| An Indian wigwam II u ssluaw lid place
| ALBANY Argus. Warrior ever la oneH Bos-
| ton Post No. but we've red many heserlp-
| lions OF 'enl, though Syracuse Evening
| Herald. These puIls aTs Slouz G. u to- l,os-
| ton Post
An Arizona man. while digging a grave In
| which to bury the body Of his wife, struck
n valuable silver lode. Therenpon he re-
marked. We'll, reckon Polly II keep If this
weather continues and kept digging.
| To-day he Is q rich man.
Emerson says man ought to carry n pen
| ell and note down tho thoughts; of the mo-
mrnt. young man who thought a silver
pencil to be devoted to that purpose only car
| ricd II seven years before he discovered there
WAS no lead In IL.
| young dentist was introduced to n fash
ionable heaut the other evening and grace
fully opened tho conversation by saying
Miss, | hope may consider that we are not
entirely ,Inacquainttd had tho pleasure of
pulling O tooth for your iather u short time
ago.
Does not the dressmaler who dies from
OverWorl commit suicide? Rochester Ey-
press. So 1t would appear to- the unbiased
mind Oswego Palladium. You should have
said: Sew 1t seams. = Syracuse Herald.
Continue this haste treatment and we'll have
your gore
How to predict the weather. Take u sau-
sage and put 1t down u rat hole IT 1t comes
out on GAndlemas Day and walks round, II is
a sign of pleasant weather. II It merely peeps
out and goes In again. 1t will be bad weather.
AT least that Is the way with the ground hog,
and sausage Is nothing but ground hog, you
know Philadelphia Bulletin.
They are having u warm time just now In
Kansas Sunday schools, and the question NV
der discussion Is whether til" boy who has
fairly won the prHa Bible by learning three
Thousand eight hundred aud sixty 80 ven
verses In three months can be- ruled off the
track for putting furniture tacks and II wad
OF shoemakerS wax In the superintendent )
char2
lie stood twirling his hat 10 his hand In the
halfway. 1t was time for the morning stars TO
begin their song together. Well and he
moved on" step nearer the door. We'll, she
replied. rs she stepped toward the door, also.
We'll, ! 4 must be going. II = That =
right. John. IT, and she l.,tnod her head on
his shoulder "It-yon have -any-conun
drums to-ask ask them now" He WAS
measured for new plug hat and pair Of
Kid gloves that same day.
He had asked her for her photograph. She
excused herself with some kind of a story
about her negative being lost, and another
would have 10 be secured etc. when he inter |
rnpted her rather warmly with the remark
wv hat do you suppose 1 care for your mega
tive. Carrie It's Your affirmative L We been
after these six months She said nothing, |
but kind o turned up the whites Of her eyes, |
and newell, II Is npbody's business what he
did Il Is only necessary To say that he
started for the tallor's first thing next morn |
ing, and she why, she has done nothing but
try on all sorts OF things ever since Boston |
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we'll dressed lady called at carpet ware |
house and asked to look at some carpets. The
goods We're shown. every pattern In the shop
being spread out for examination. After look
1nk at everything about the place and driv- |
ing some very close bargains Ia the matter of
price, the lady selected u carpet for each room
IN her house. running up bill which filled