The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-12-05
sparks.

shrimp salad Is highly fashionable.
Reason convnccs, but faith consoles
Flies and mosquitoes have lost their grip.
"Sunset " beads have rays Of red and yellow.
Resignation Is the courage OF the Christian
sorrow.
A yellow crow was shot In Kentucky the
other day.
This promises to he fog-horn winter.-N
T. LoIdiu,
Fritz has named his dog Non scqultur, be-
cruise IL docs not follow
Nevada furnishes two.thirds Of the bullion
annually supplied by the Pacific slope,
II looks suspicious to see II man always take
q Glove before answering the telephone.
Ono OF tho richest hoirossos In Germany,
Countess Solm, IL n baby only year old
The most beautiful tropical birds for hat
decoration come from the West India Islands.
Travellers I'm Scotland have not appreciated
the American sleeping and drawing-room cars.
"I prefer lighter literature" said the equity
man when Worccster's Unabridged fell on his
toes.
A womans beauty Is not n source OF as much
satisfaction to hcra another woman's ugli.
ness.
Why IL selfish friend like the letter "p"
Because though the first In pity, he Is the last
In help.
The Anne OF Austria belt is about two inches
wide, with long ends, ana iscovorod with beads
Of pearls.
Young people should always marry for love,
Love Is about the cheapest thing that comes
with marriage.
A Portsmouth IN. H. farmer wears an over.
coat which Is AZ years old and is said to be still
In good condition.
True goodness is like the glow worm in this
that 1t shines most when no eyes but those OF
Heaven are upon It,
The finest and most effective evening toilets
are In ono color, though composed sometimes
OF two or more materials.
What ia tba Il urp hat trepu rhnpity and N
tailor2 Tho fret covers Il multitude OF sins;
the second multitude OF sinners.
what Latin word meaning money shows
the fact that formerly cattle were used rs a
medium of barter?" "Bullion."
"Know thysclf" may be an excellent sort Of
proverb, but some people wouldn't know very
much II they obeycd II Implicitly.
Tho Buffalo Courier lDem.) Will be satisfied
with tither Clarkson N Potter or Horatic Sey.
mour, 1r, for governor next year,
The Boston Transcript has discovered a man
who never laughs when he tells n Joke. But
1t adds that melody else laughs either.
Princess Beatrice has given f40o, part Of the
proceeds of her birthday book, to the funds of
the Belgrave Hospital for Children.
Gail Hamilton is going to lecture this winter,
but the announcement was considerably kept
from the public until after Thanksgiving,
Tho fowls that are destined to play tho part
of spring chickens next year are already able
to fly TO roost We live In an age Of progress.
VIII tne coming man smut inc door pehind
him is the latest inquiry. 1t is 70 BIO hoped
that he will; for the going man seldom does.
The Italian is the sweetest language to sing
I'm, French to converse in, English to think In,
but for conviviality give us hard-shell Ger
man.
The Flathead Indians are praised because
they saw wood for their wives. But they did
not get their name for any such reason.-P. L.
| Nan,
81 sec the Nihilists are preparing to drop
1Vnnmi N Il xlnt
with my mother.in-law hereafter.
dHder.
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