Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-03-09
WON HY'EA MEGA.
How the Literary Ed tor; Best the sTrottin ing
HORSE Editor ut the Finishs

Horse Editor at the Finish. @
From the Chicago Tribune.
Is Beatriee q good name for q baby r. mi
A Young woman Of prepo assessing appear
7 ance stood il the door Of the editorial room
and addressed her interogatory in a SEEM
ingly general manner to the gifted gentle
man who were occupying the several cor
aers Of the apartment. fBBs
For moment nobody seemed to regard
the question IS directed partie ularly at him.
but finally the trotting horse reporter re-
moved his generously proportioned feet
from the desk on which they. had been rest
| ing, and allowed a smile to play over his
quarter stretch features. h
Have you a baby? Il he asked. d
5. Why, certainly, /. replied the young wo-
man, her tone indicating surprise, slightly
Hinged with ang er.
| Well, said the personal friend OF Rarus,
You mustn't get angry, because one soft
| sensucus day In summer, when the birds
were whitening their sweetest twits, 8 wo-
man came up here on the same GRAND that
brings you, and tS,' after We had s
| title for her infaat---I forget wheth-
she went away happy and along iii the fall
the golden tinted fall just as the leaves
/ were t1lrning brown and all nature seemed
hushed in sweet repose, waiting for the
base ball championship to be decided, she
| came back again with D Wistful, weary look
I in her soft brown eyes, and said she had
| been mista ken it wasa boy. Woman s ma.
| tare, you know, is SO buoyantly hopeful, so
| sWeetly previous, that she will frequently
! mistake four flush for the real article u II
is the painful memory OF q blackened
past that makes us cautious about furnish
| ing names for babies until we know
that the little cherubs are hers. Do YOU
| catch on?a q 85 .5
The lady nodded. s.$
AWell, resumed the adnirer of Maud S..
athere are lots Of things to be considered in
naming baby. Your husbands name
| is--?n "a. s$l 5#3i=# NJ. #is34 l.# 5s4 S..
Perkins, /" replied the lady.
aIhat isn't a bad name, although it would
be difficult to enshroud it with the mystic
glamour Of romance. But hardly think
| Beatrice would look we'll in front Of it,
ways associated with stateliness and
beauty, and your little tootsy -wootsy might
grow up bow-legged and pug
nosed. And, besides, Beatrice Perkins
wouldn't sound Just right. You might call
| it 81 a
Her, if you please, said the lady; So
| yerely. . 385s 5l@s5
1We always call 'snl SIC in this office it
| saves time and prevents our getting rattled
| As I was saying, you might call it Perkin' Is
Maid, or Belle Of PerkinsYille, or some-
/, thing Like that. 7 knew q man in x entucky
| who had q chestnut gelding-, 7 &.
u can hardly see what that has to do
with the matter under consideration. said
( the lady ia severe tone.
/ You are right, madam; I did sWerve a
| little that time. Now Sweetheart is q
good name Out in California they
think Sweetheart can take h. the
| pole fro:n anything that looks
| through a bride, Now, it you had
/ twins, you might call one Sweetheart and
the other one Daring, put the tallest one
on the off side, and by checking the near
one up little higher nobody could see the
difference between them, Of course, if they
were not gated alike or you had TO put q
kicking strap on one Of EN-, it might ba
| that"
Let me tell you again, sir, said she,
that am not naming horse. Perhaps
); this gentleman, turning to the literary edi.
| tor, could give ma the information desire.
Certainly, madam replied that person.
/ 1ou should name your little treasure Cecil
the name has such sweet, dreamy arts
| tocratic sound. !"
"Of course. "said the Modified parent,
"and am exceedingly obliged for your
| suggestion and she departed
You seemed to lose your sGuoiY uiore,
| said the literary editor to the horse reporter
Yes replied the young man, she carried
me to a double break at the turn, but
| should have settled pretty quick and come
| down the home stseteh very fast If she
hadn't hurried me SO much ia scoring, I'd
have picked outs daisy name for that flly
/ OF hers. !"
How Temperance Meeting Saved Him.
| The Lewiston Journal is responsible for
tho following: at one Of the local tenn
perance meetings Sunday, speaker in
dwelling upon the degradation caused by
the appetite for liquor, said he knew a man
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