West-Jersey pioneer., 1881-07-07

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darling pay-rent.
Mary had little lamp,
/ And tried to blow it out,
| The paper states that Mary went
| Right up the golden spout.
| One of the most beautiful models in Paris
! is young woman who comes from the blue
grass region of Kentucky. She was desert
ed by her husband abroad, and she now
supports herself by posing.
| Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson, niece of Pres
ident Buchanan, is now at Wheatland, Pa,
nursing the only child left to her-a bright
boy of II, of whose return to health there is
little hope. Mrs. Johnson's eldest son died
last Winter.
| A lady who, in consequence of great re-
verse of fortune, has been working for a
| fashionable milliner, says she is absolutely
amazed to find to what an extent in the
days of her wealth, she was swindled in her
bonnets and dresses.
A little girl 10 Sunday School was asked
by her teacher if she said her prayers night
and morning. "No, Madam, l do not. +"
"Why, Mary, are you not afraid to sleep in
the dark without asking the good Father to
take of you and watch over you until MORN
ing" ''No, Madam, am not, because I
sleep in the middle.'
A New York girl whose father spent all
his money abroad, and died in poverty, was
compelled to seek employment. She was
forced to leave her position as saleswoman
in half dozen different stores in Paris
because she was very beautiful and was per-
secuted by her employers. She finally
became a model, and the artists all respect
| her.
| A lady with a fatal squint came once to q
| fashionable artist for her portrait. He
| looked at her and she looked at him, and
both were embarrassed. He spoke first
"Would your ladyship permit me, f." he said,
'to take the profile? There is certain
shyness about your ladyship's eyes which is
as difficult in art as it is fascinating in ma
ture.'' --
The sea lion business has become quite an
| industry. They are distributed among ZOO
| logical collections in all parts of the world !.
They are caught by lasso when summing
themselves on the rocks. 1t is risky work.
The high price paid, and the fact that few
die while being transmitted to their distant
destinations, make risk and trouble worth
taking.
"Mother," remarked Duluth girl, 81
think Harry must be going to propose to
me-" "Wby SO, my daughter?" queried
the old lady, laying down her spectacles,
while her face beamed like the moon in it's
fourteenth night. "Well, he asked me this
evening if wasn't tired of living with such
menagerie as you and dad. ."-Brooklyn
Chronicle
John Reynolds, wealthy resident of
| his wife the meanness Of converting all his
! property into cash, and taking it along.
Mrs. Gladstone, the woman with whom he
eloped, was meaner STILL Although her
husband was comparatively poor. she stole
| the small amount of money which he had
saved by years OF frugallty.
An Euglish writer in an article on paper
and paper making says: The word squire
Dutch quauecn, meaning few sheets
| stitched together, and the Latin quaternio, a
quarto sheet, from quatuor, four. ''Ream"
means literally something tied up with a
strap, and comes from the Dutch riem,
strap or thong, and the French rame.
"Are you fond of Wagner's Works ?"
asked Mr.. Sharp, an admirer of the great
musician. "Fond of themr' exclaimed
Miss Dampfuel, 81 think they are just
splendid. So easy and comfortable, you
know. Why, rode in one from Boston to
| Chicago, and wasn't one bit tired when
got home" Mr.. Sharp sighed a sorrowful
sigh, and remarked that he did not refer to
| car tunes.
| The Lacy boys of Madison, Wis, went to
| a menagerie and became filled with the idea
of starting beast show of their own, nsing
such material as was within reach. They
| painted stripes on white pony for zebra,
sheared the hind half of big Newfound-
land dog for lion, cut off the fore legs of
calf for kangaroo, and were about to make
tailless cat by chopping when their father
discovered them.
| Mans fool
When it's hot he wants it cool;
When its cold he wants it hot
| Meier contented with his lot.
When it's dry
He for showers is heard to sigh;
When-to meet his wish-it rains,
| OF the wet the fool complains.
Hot or dry, cold or wet,
Nothing suits that he can get.
consider, as rule,
Mans fool.
/ FooD FOR RosEs.-Get some SCOT from q
chimney or stove where wood is used for
| fuel, put it in an old pitcher and pour hot
water upon it, When cool, use it to water
your plants every few days. When it is all
used, fill up the pitcher again with hot wa
ter. The effect upon roses that have almost
hopelessly deteriorated is wonderful in pro-
ducing a rapid growth of thrifty shoots,
with large thick leaves and great number
of richly tinted roses Never despair of a
decayed rosebush until this has been tried.
A writer in an English paper says that
the stormy petrol possesses singular
amount of oil, and has the power of throw
ing it from the mouth when terrified. 1t is
said that this oil, which is very pure, is col
lectcd in St. Kilda by catching the bird on
it's egg, where it sits very closely, and max
ing it disgorge the oil into vessel. The
bird is then released and another taken.
The Inhabitants of the Farce island make a