The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-06
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Iuch beauty is only paint deep.

There was some philosophy in the her
pecked husband, who, being asked why h
hae placed himself so completely under tn
government of his wife, answered., at
avoid the worse slavery Of being under IN
own"
Anna Dickinson says she will never MARI
unit! she can bake u loaf of bread, and tina
she will never bake bread while she has he
senses.
Ihe sour andunhappy editor of the Elmir
Free Press VS.: Marriages in May ar,
said to be unlucky but then so are those il
June, July, September, and in TACT all thu
other mOuthS.'
A in New York accidentally wen
to church with two bonnets on her head
one stuck inside the other-and the othel
women Of the congregation almost died o
envy. They thought it was u new kind OF
bonnet, and too sweet for anything.
The society lady never sheds tears. She
knows enough to keep her powder dry.-Bos.
ton Transcript
When the census taker, wishing to'cOmpli.
ment, said to a citizen: "Ah, sir. you've
wife of a hundred ~ the lady grabbed d roll
ing-pin and sailed in on him saying: "Yoll
villain! l told you | was only Is. Don't you
dare to put mt down as 1907
An old lady with several unmarried daugh-
ters, fed them on fish diet because it is rich in
phosphorus, and phosphorus is the essential
thing in making matches.
The length of time that that Sliifkins girl
will spend over q ~tive-cent plate OF ice cream
when in company with her Charles Augustus,
while at home she will 20 through two COM
pleta editions of pork and beans i'll half that
period, is 4 subject worthy Of scientific inyes-
t~igation.
The question is 10 be settled in court, at
Enfield, Conn.,, whether q father can legally
burden a bequest TO his daughter with the
condition that she shall never marry.
Joseph IIurd had had his wife prosecuted
for running ava with another man, at James
vile, Wis, and secured her sentence to pris-
on. Then he Wen about with 4 petition and
obtained her pardon.
a demure, diminutivc girl, aged Is, is un-
der arrest in Philadelphia for bigamy. She
has three living husbands, all of whom she
has married within two years. When asked
why she had done this, she said :--"They
were all good fellows, and they coaXed me
So
Having procured a divorce from his wife,
Charles LedwelI, of jefferson, Ohio, went to
her at the end Of a week and besought her to
marry him again. Mrs. Ledwell waited until
he had got Town upon his knees before her
and then she struck him over the head with
a club. The mans skull was fractured.
Beauties often die old maids. They set
such Il value OF themselves that they DOM
find a purchaser until the market is closed.
The following from Forney's Progress is
eQl al to anything in the creme lie Ia chrOn-
iqucS of the French: "Wlat is happiness ~
asked a man of a woman. ITO be the best
loved of some one she answered promptly.
"To assure it must add also to love that one
best" "Oh, | was talking of the possible
said she. The conversation closed.
Grace: IL am going to see Clara to-day.
Have you any message - Charlotte 81
wonder how you can visit that dreadful girl.
Give her my love-"
Hans G"0Wyost, Il worthy German farmer ,
who has been a life long resident Of Berks
county, has a shrewish wife, who has long
rendered his life anything but a couch OF
roses. One day not long age she, in d fit OF
pique, picked up her buds and left him, VOW
ing never to come back. The news went
around among the neighbors-you know how
intelligence Of all kinds does travel in the
20untry-and at night several of them, o.
whom | was one, went to cOndOie with Hans
He sat on his front stoop. putting away at lis
pipe. Hans" | remarked. - pity you
"My boy replied the honest DuLchman, a;
he disturbedly knocked out the ashes Of HI,
pipe, "yOu vas right. She mas shUsi come
back ."-fhestrr, Penn, Democrat.
civilian, do you know why you are like
4 donkey?:' Like q konkey:?" echoed VII
liam, opening his eyes wide, "No, | don't.
"Eo you give it up:' 81 do.'' ''Becaus'
your better half is s~tuhbornness Itself
That's not bad. Ia ha. I'll give that t.
my wife when l get home My DEAR" Ii,
asked, as he sat down to supper, d yol
know why | am like Il Gonkey?" lie waitet
a moment, expecting his wife to give it up
But she didn't. She looked al him somewha
commiseratinely as she answered, Il snppos
because you were born So
He Is a fool who thinks by force or skill
To turA the current of a Womun'S will.