The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

God delays to answer prayer, because
he would have more of it.
Charles Lamb remarked of one of his
critics, "The more l think of him, the
less think of him"
The Greenback conference has called
a national convention ut Chicago for the
9th of June-One week after the Repub-
lican convention.
If you hate your enemies, you will
contract such vicious habit of mind as
by degrees will break out upon those
who are your friends, or those who are
Indifferent to you.
A young lady went from Alabama to
Rome 10 marry an Italian Count with
whom she had correspondent, but the
Counts wife and four children raised so
many objections that the marriage didn't
take place.
Don't let us be afraid OF enthusiasm.
There is oftener lack of heart than
brain. We agree with the Indian, who,
when talked 10 about having too much
zeal, said: II think it better for the pot
to boil over than not to boil at ALL
Now, Johnny, you've had a merry
Christmas, and you must be good till
next Christmas to pay for it, "Qh yes,
of course, be good. | don't b'licYe you
can hire me to be good for year for a
tin horse and story book just like what
Bill Jones was going TO trade me for
three marbles. Not much1'-New Ha-
ven Register.
The following colloquy is reported TO
have occurred on upper Maize street on
Christmas day Small boy to governor
Garcelon-"Did We hear that boy had
fallen into well fifty feet deep, doctor?"
mo; and how did they get him out 81
"Sent word to the governor and council to
count him out" said the lad.-Lewiston
journal.
Rignold will have to take back seat.
His kiss no longer is remembered. Cas-
tie, in Paul and Virginia, drives the au-
diences wild with his embrace of Emma
Abbott. 1t is most passionate and so
enraptured the Kansas City people
Thursday night that they called the pair
before the curtain four tipes.-Leaven-
worth Times.
"AIphonso," SAID Christine thought
fully, as she let down her back hair that
evening" is this simply sporadic case;
or do you expect all your wives to take
naturally to being shot at? Because,
dear, don't want to be disagreeable, but,
you know, l shall really have to go back
10 mamma before I'm quite perforated
like a cullender, if you don't engage a
better style of assassin. Why aren't you
able to afford dynamite explosion, like
the Gar? This Is not at all what had
been led to xpect."-Puck.
Mrs Grant is quoted as having said
that the happiest period O. her life and
the Generals was when they lived in
Gnlena sin small brick house and kept
one servant" The correspondent of the
Syracuse Journal, who quotes this, gives
also a pleasant little picture of Mrs.
Stewart, the wife of the ex-senator, who
at one time was cheerfully turning her
kindly hand to household duties in her
husbands mining shanty on TIE Pacific
coast, and not many years after was or
dering and purchasing in Europe the
beautiful pictures and statuary and car
pets and hangings which gave such
charm to her Washington home
1t was at the post Office in this village.
The demoisellc was buxom, bashful,
aged is and hailed from Befrytown
She wanted q dollars worth OF stamps
"One dollars WORTH" repeated the smIl-
ing assistant "of what denomination 50
The damsel showed signs of embarass-
ment, and hesitated to reply. She twirl-
ed her shawl fringe nerYously, cast her
eyes about to see II any one was near,
moved little closer TO the window, and
finally asked in timid voice, $40 YOU
hef to write it DOWN. by no means y
answered the courteous assistant, ssthat
is not necessary; but presume you have
some preference as to the denomination. T"
.4Ah-well-yes,' replied the stranger.
her face turning scarlet, Il hef some i |
generally go TO the Episcopal Methodist |
myself, but the fellow I'm buying the |
stamps for he's Universal Orthodox
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