The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-23

L ever saw YOU ioohius ~ oiu an eou wv
to-day" MY dear. l never was as old
as | am to-day"
Pies date back TO the time Of the RO-
mans, and came originally from Pr
cardy. Some of the original pies, re-
marks an exchange. are stii. for sale at
railroad restaurants.
"Haye you in your album any origin
al poetry? 2" asked n young lady of
another. sNo," was the reply, -but
some of my friends have favored me
with some original spelling"
"Poor mani" observed Mrs. Parting
ton, "and so he's gone at last! Ninety
eight, was he? Dear, dear! to think
how that if he'd only lived two years
more, he'd have been a centurion!"
THE Pendleton s~ivil-service bill has
passed." remarked Mr.. Wigglesworth,
from the interior of his paper. well,
I'm glad of that" said his wife; "and
now | hone our hired girl will have a
little more manners.-Rockland COu-
rier-Gazette.
A London scientist calls attention in
the Times of that city to a second tail
which was noticed in Gould's comet
| Pretty soOn 4 comet won't amount to
much unless it has as many long tails as
a New York weekly story paper.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
Gentlemen, yea may not think it, but
| have stood on the top round of the
ladder" said an inebfiated individual
who was haranguing the crowd.
"Troth, thin" exclaimed one of his
hearers, that same ladthermust a been
lynn fiat on the ground"
whats the crowd about?" queried
a stranger, as he noticed a stream of
visitors going into a fashionable resi-
dence. Its a silver wedding" oblig-
ingly replied his informant. whats
a silver weddin'?" "Why a chaps been
married twenty-five times, and he is a
celebatin' of it,"
"Why don't you come to Sunday
school ?" said a superintendent to a boy.
-'Cause pa owe my teacher for a pair OF
boots, an the teacher got to sendin' notes
home by me, an pa said needn't go any
more till he paid for the boots, an |
don't reckon I'll go any more.-Arkan-
saw Trave'er.
Anew baby arrived in the family of a
Louisville journalist, and papa was eX'
cessiveIy proud over the event. Turn.
ing to the old black nurse, "Aunty," said
he, ~stroking its little pate, "this boy
seems to have a journalistic head. "Oh,
cried the untutored old aunty soothing
ly, "never you mind bout dat; datl
come all right in time"
In the recent but TO- mosS-gr0wn
holiday, a small boy accompanied his
mamma to the sacred editice on Christ
mas day, and having duly contemplated
the evergreen symbols IN the chance
where trianglcs and trefOils demonstra
ted the trinity, vociferated unqnench
ably, mamma, do they say then
PRAYERS to the aces of spades andclubS2 ?
. The following explains the differ
5 ence betw cen "luck" and "chance:
You take a girl out the theatre and dis
t cover that you bavn't a cent in YOU
pocket, You are, of course, compelled
! to invite her to IN oyster saloon afteI
+ the performance. She refuses for SOM
: reason; that's luck" but the "chance
is a million to one she will accept.
A curious advertisement appeared il
a late issue of the Liverpool Mercury
1t read as follows: 81 lost my purst
containing two guineas, and asixpenct
The iuder can keep the gold if he vii
return the %sixpence, as it was tn
amount of damages | received from TIN
Midland railway for breaking my leg
The bit of silver cost me E2l0. Georg
Amesbury.'
n pretty naivete Of IA child. Mile
Lii was asked this problem: "Ten cent
| a day, how much would that make
week. Mile. Lii reflected. counted
, her fingers, and replied; "That make
seventy cents" "Very well done,"sa
t hergrandfather, and he gave her seven
ty cents. "Oh. how sorry l am criel
| Lii, that I did not say that ten time
} seven MADE a dollar.-French Paper.
An old colored man, with his leg,
twisted up like corkscrews from rheu
matism, and also partly p%aralyzed, sit'
on the steps of the Austin court hous,
and %solicits aims. "You must have i;
pretty hard time of it uncle" remarked
IA sympathetic stranger, handing him
{ nickel. Eyes, boss, OATS a fact. Oar.
six of US in de family, and Use de ONLY
one able to get about and earn a libin'
I Texas Siftings.
t an our country" said the English
! man, as he leaned back in his chair, "be
fore we marry we arrange to settle
certain sum upon the wife," "Yes,
!, know, replied the American, "but will
US it is different. 1t is after we ar