Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-05-14
FUN. FANCY AND FACT.

That woman who neglects her hus- bands shirt front is no longer the wife of his bosom.
 If boy gets on the wrong "track' 1t shows that his fathers switch has not had fair chance.
 We gain as L.dch in avoiding the fall- ings of others as We do in initiating that in which they excel.
 Fix upon that con SC of life which is the most excellent, and habit will render 1t the most delightful.
 IT man really wants to know of how little importance he Is, let him go with his wife to the dressmaker's.
 A woman may always iudge of the estImatiou ID winch she Is held by the conversation which is addressed to her.
 We have heard a great many reasons given for second marriages, but none so irrefutable as this: "It IS q counter ir- ritation."
 IL does agsravate a man to think that while his wife isn't afraid tO tackle him and nearly yank his head off. she i1 m3dly terrorized by a COW that he SHu NHs'Sc o"t VI thS f"iN "' any time.
 Tt Is not necessary for man to be poor tO be honest" Certainly not. But 1t seems so.t O half way necessary for J man to be poor it he IS honest. A dis tiBetion with quite d difference, 1t will be seen.
 There Is no doubt ID the world that everybody ought to reform, aud as for ourselves We are very busy iu telling others what they ought to do, but We will attend to that matter by and by.
 He Is a great simpletOn who imagines that the chief power of wealth Is tO sup ply wants In niDety-nine cases out Of a hundred 1t creates more wants than # supplies. Money aEd eontcntment do not always go hand in hand.
 A Denver reporter asked Alice Oates, the actress, now old she was, and she re- piled -"I am twenty two" "Were you twenty-twO recently" inquired the re- porter, InnOcently, at which the little kicker said she detested newspaper re- l porters.
 Are you going to take that ugly pug dog with you again, Carriez" asl ed l Charles. 'l really believe yOu take him | simply to make yourself look prettier by i the contrast" Don't be jealous of poor I Pug, Charlie" replied Carue. "Tll take you some time when l want tO look es- pecially handsome"
 A gentleman travelling in a railway carriage was endeavDTing, with cOusid- erable earnestness, tO impress some ar- gument upon fellow pass Jger who was seated opposite him, and who ap- peared rather dull of cnmpre ensiOn. At length, being slightly irritatej, he ex- lu a louder tone. "Why, sir, it's as plain as A B C." That may be," re- phed the other. with alacrity, "but 1 am DE F"
 Put yourself in his place.-Sensitive Tax Collector (whO has heeE kept wait ing on the doorstepJ -"Put yourself in my place, NIT. Bland. Just imagine your sell kept standing in the cold and trauglt every time You come, and then not to get paid" Sensitive IaNpayer- 'Bnt just put yourself Iu my place, Mr. Brown. Just imagine the state of your feelings at not being able tO pay.'-Ju- iy.
 \ good and sufficient reason is what svery man ought Co have for his condnct. 1T We cannot have quiet then let us have -he next thIng tO It VIZ, reason which s perfectly satisfactUry to ourselves. For instance, Close up, bOys; clOss. upr' 'aid a Colonel to his regiment. If the enemy were 10 fire on yOu when yOu were struggling along that way they wouldn't Kill a single man of you. Close 1 Ip"
 \ Paris milliner has inst concluded a 'ontract by which a dealer in game in Berlin undertakes tO delver the skins Of 'OtOO pigeons during the season for the .durnment of hats and bOnnetS. The ilrds are to be caught in all parts of I Germany and taken to the railway yard, nd there killed and immediately kinned, the skins being forwarded to Paris and the earcasses retaiied for a |, mall sum each on the spot.
 In the Russian province of Vgatka, out f lOJ1 peasants, 797, have been tiogged : or nOnpayment of taxes within two . ears. The Governor had been peti- 1 toned for the remission of the payments i ne, on account of poverty. The police nto-~cnod novcr+ hcicoe, asscusLlc,i the ural tribunal. brought the peasants d efOre the judges, and had them all sen- c enced t0 receive SO many lashes, threat nIng that If this were not dvne they -ould have the judges themselves fog ia ed. k The question of an electric railway pr Berlin IS beIng considered. The o iilway would run from the west to the b ast of the city, and would establish di- to 'ct communication with the metro olitan rail way. It is to be constructed and supported by high col d mns. The trains a-e to be lowered On al irving at each station Co the level of le street, for passengers to get ont and tier, and will then again be elevated to re le level of the line overhead, all this m II eing accomplished by power supplied ie, ! means Of electricity.