The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-07-21

While banging her hair
D The curling-irOn slipped,
And burned her fair brow,
| She gave wild shrek,
But will weep no more now.
An immense Indian python in The
london Geological Gardens is religious
u devoting herself to the maternal task
1T Matching twenty eggs. She covers
Sthem completely with her coils, and is
herself covered with blanket.
Y The Marquis of Lorne has Cancelled
AL engagements of festive character
made for the week, and will fill only
those Of an official nature made pre-
vious to his arrival at Halifax This is
in consequence of the calamity to the
United States. .......
v False ears, says the London Lancet,
are the new fashionable adjunct in
Paris, and have already been noticed
in the London drawing-rooms. They
are described as "pearly" and Shell
i like" The hair is allowed to cover the
ugly things made by nature. ...
Gentlemen of the jury said an
Irish lawyer, ct will be for you to say
whether the defendant shall be allowed
to come into court with unblushing
footsteps, with cloak of hvpocracy in
his mouth, and draw three bullocks out
of my clients pocket with impunity."
Arkansas is not an inviting State for
immigrants. Nine men have been
lynched in the state within a month,
and no efforts have been made by the
authorities to seek out and punish the
murderers. Where the laws are silent
in such cases, it cannot be expected
that they will be we'll executed in
others.
There is an old gentleman in the
railway station in Media, Pa, who, in
stead Of the usual "Show yer tickets!
accosts the traveller with, "Whar to,
stranger" Persons going to Boston
used to be startled at Springfield by a
brakeman's cry, Springfield! swap
cars for the Connecticut river road. p
Harper's Weekly.
A Philadelphia man has discovered
that the sun never sets OH American
soil, and that before it ceases shining
on the flag on the Aleutian Islands, of
Alaska, it kisses the broad stri pes and
bright stars at Calias, Maine. It has
often been said that this was great
country, but q man can't always believe
what he hears.
Two society ladies are chatting. Says
one II rise at 10, put on peignoir
and proceed to complete my toilet"
"And that takes US" 'Till noon"
1.-TWO hours "Yes; it is the fault of
my maid. Do you know how long she
takes to dress my hair?" "No." San
hour?' "And what do you do mean
while?' II take a morning walk"
Persons who believe that good luck
never goes with the number Is should
no longer adhere inflexibly to their SUI
perstition, especially in the matter of
horse races It is recalled that last year
the winner of the Grand Prix, at Long
champs, bore that number, and that
Foxhall's place on the list this year was
No. Is, too. One would hardly plead
that two exceptions in succession are
required to prove rule. f
Miss Griswold, the young American
who has just made successful debut
in Paris, on the lyric stage, is the
daughter of a Chicago family. Before
the great fire in that city her parents
were wealthy, but having lost in that
disaster nearly everything they pos
sessed, they yielded to their daughter
earnest entreaties to be allowed to cul-
tivate her voice and earn an honest
livelihood. Mrs. Griswold accompanied
her daughter to Paris, where the young
lady studied assiduously for three years
in the Conservatoire.
No prettier compliment can be given
than that which comes from the warm
heart and quick wit of the true Hiber-
MAN. Mike was laying pavement brick
in the hot sun, and the lady of the
house mixed up nice, cool drink and
carried it out to quench his thirst.
After q long-drawn swig he wiped his
mouth on his sleeve, and said "Ye'll
be in heaven sewn years before the
divil'll find it out"
Respecting the health Of Mrs. Lin
coin, the Chicago Journal says "Recent
reports of the critical character of Mrs
Abraham Lincoln are gross exaggera-
tions-the work Of a crack Drained
Springfield correspondent, whose bust
ness it is to concoct sensations for q
cheap st. Louis paper, and for still
cheaper Chicago concern. The fact is
Mrs. Lincoln, who is residing with he1
sister. Mrs. Ninian w. Edwards, al
Springfield. ILL.,, is an invalid, but her
condition is not worse now than it has
been for some years.
Girls In College.
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