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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

Read advertisement Of syrup for
sale, by Henry Welsh.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

A very fine artiele of sugar cured
hams ut A. Fl Moss.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

--Landreth's fresh garden seeds at
A. II Moss.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

HUMPS are quite prevalent in and
around Lake Charles.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

See announcement Of work oxen
for sale.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

To Accommodate our friends and
Tie public buss tickets will BE found
% sale It Capt. Halls Lake House. at
sssu & Collins saloon At the DeRea.
At fne Crescent News Co.'s RtaRd and
uiso w tI,e atable y. y T sTAsln
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

GOO buncbes bananas at Flioke's.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

600 punches bananas at FricEe's.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

G,he1s Lenillard's Climax and IoHahaNk
Ii6 fag Tabaees Asl 1eai nsrshaat foF "
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1883-02-24

LOCAL NEWS.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

An Honest Lumber Dealer.
From the Chicago Tribune,


During the political campaign in
Michigan last fall the Hon. John L.
Blanchard, a lumber dealer, spoke his
mind freely on the protection question.
He was honest enough TO confess that
be upheld the s. tax on the people of
Illinois and Iowa, who bought Michigan
lumber, for purely selfish reasons. but
that he was for tariff reform ON every
thing except lumber. He spoke sub
siantially as follows;
am high tariff on lumber, but low
tariff on salt, copper, iron, wool, cotton,
leather, glass, etc. I will tell you why.
] own timber lands and sell stumpage
besides, ] operate largely myself, aud
this tariff puts money into my pocket.
and 81 per 900 for my boards. 1 have
Just sold 100000 of lumber for $3.50
per 600 mill run; II pretty good price.
Voices: That's 50 that so.) Well
think SO too But for the tariff | should
not have got 80 much by 81 per ZOO.
Now SEA 900 on 5000 600 is just $4,000
That is the difference to me, in one
operation, between high tariff and free
lumber. | am high tariff on lumber, !
am.
This blessed tariff taxation, they tell
laborer. What do you suppose / did
with the $4,000? Divided among my
workmen? Not Il bit of it. | put il
right into this old calfskin wallet, | did
OF all my workinen | am the only pro.
tected laborer! Wages depend on supply
and demand, my friends, and not on
tariff taxes. When You see two men af
ter n boss wages are low, but wher
you see two bosses after one mar wages
are high; and that is the whole Of it
the theory, principle and practice.
l am for high tariff on lumber; car
yon doubt it i? And in this | can prove tc
YOU that | am Il Christian. The good
book tells us that he that provided not
for his own household hath denied the
faith and is worse than an intidel. Now
/ provide for my own household, | 10,
for | am In favor of high tariff on lum-
Der. Therefore | am a Christian, and
expect TO GO to heaven, politically. But
you farmers who have houses, barns,
sheds, pig.peas and fences to build, what
are you? Infdels, every one of you
"worse than infidels"-for you provide
not for your own household, but for
mine! Now, if you won't be Christians
ard provide for your own households,
just keep right on voting the republican
ticket and go to Hades.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
The Necessity tor Reform.

If housekccpcrs would only follow the
noble example of reform now being SCI
in municipal politics by the sterner sex
what "A glorious country this would be
And they must do it. Common sense
advises it and necessity demands it
The time Is passed when you must Spend
considerable money where Il few dose,
Of Swayne's Pills would effect a speedy
cure. Reform is needed in the house.
hold. Hereafter, when any of the
family are suffering from b%illiousness
Indigestion, headache, disordcred liver
or costiyeness, use Swayne's Pills. After
their use, You will have no other.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
An Electrical Chair.

A wealthy pork butcher, who lives in
Liverpool, has lately invented an cleo
trical chair. He has a good looking
daughter who is considered quite a catch,
aud she is the recipient Of considerable
attention from the young "mashers" Of
the neighborhood, and the electrical
chair was invented as a kind of time
lock protection against to many and to
prolonged visits from the la-da dahs.
Just before he goes to bed he carries all
the furniture out Of the room but the
grand piano and the electric chair, and
when the young man comes to call the
girl gives him the chair, and takes the
piano-stool for herself. The chair is ar
ranged to 60 off at $50 p. IN, and it has
been noticed by the young lady that the
masher generally goes off about that
time too, or at least very soon after. He
sits in the electrical chair, building air
castles, and weaving a web of rose color
ed lies a foot and a half thick, for the
sole ediication Of the pork butchers
daughter, and just about the time he
wakes most eloquent, and glows with
warmth, love, and alteration the cleo
trical chair commences to get his work
in on MIN, and he curls up his legs a
moment, and then systematically shakes
them out again. And then he feels cold,
and there is a pricking sensation run
ming up the seems Of his pants, as
though tneTe was all electric pen trying
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

to turn him into an autograph album
and he lists over to side as though
his cargo had shifted in the hold, and
says, "Ouch! good lawks! It's funny
when you feel this way" and the CIR!
looks foolish and red in the face, and
then the youth doubles up the rocks
himself Just as if he had a sudden attack
Of the cramp, and grows white, and tries
to edge off from the Internal machine.
Then he attempts to take his watch out
Of his pocket, but every time he touches
the metal he gets a bigger shock, and
then he grows red in the face, a cold
sweat starts on him all over the body,
and he LEAPS intothe middle of the room
and howls. Then he makes q break for
the hall, and climbs into his overcoat,
and goes away with the sensations of d
man who has taken 30 masonic degrees
in one evening, and the next day the
young lady writes him n note, calling at
tention to his horrible condition the
night previous, and saying that he neei
not call on her again until he has learn
ed to lei whisky alone. But n of these
fine evenings, after the young man had
been tired ont Of the house by the cleo
tric kicker, the pork butchers daughter
will take q notion 70 rest herself IL that
chair, and then the family will hear
somebody squeal. Talk about the vari-
Gus uses to which electricity can be APP
piled. Why, the half has never been
aries.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

The following are the ages at which
the several eminent persons enumerat
ed were married Shakespeare Is, Ber
Jonson u, Waller 22, Franklin -
Mozart %, Dante, kcpler, Fuller, John
son, Burke, Scott, 26; Byron, Washing,
ton, Wellington, B%onapartc, y; Penn
Stern, %; Nelson, Linneus, %; Burns
30; Cbaucer, lIogarih, 80; Wordsworth
Davy, 80; Aristotle, SO; Sir William
Jones, 81; Wherefore, 80; Luther, ~
Addison, A; Wes.ey, Young, Il; swift
40 Button, 50.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Custer Co, j. T., February 15,h, 1881.

Custer Co, u. e, February 15,h. 1854.
To Dick Darlington. seth Bullock and Mrs. JOSH,
Cooper, or assigns;
NOu are hereby notified that ! have cX ca icl
one hundred dollars IN labor and Improvement
upou the Irwin lode. said lode being situated n
R)iyrvillc In Custer quartz mining dirtrict n tl'
county Of Caster Uil territory of DAKOTA, Uud j.
bounded oH tic tn'th uy the tiAluluttt iuic, -.
the south hY the Golden Crown lode upl Oh tG.
southwest by Charlie Holmes ranch and 10 a.
~firulaIly dcscriutd in The location ccI:iti5a,~ al
aid loie on flc in tiir Office Of register - dC,d.
oC Caster county, u T., as viii appear 10y ccr'.H
cate Iiilyl in thcOiirc 0f tue recorder ~ sal 49,
IN order - hold said premises under the prov e.,
ions of acction 2}2i, IvNI>ri statutes of cc / p
being tie amount required To- hold he same iOt
the year ending DtC3i.l>,-, and IT Witnil, ~ >>
at,er This notice 10y publication you t9i5 o: lr 's.
to contribute your proportions % slch q" p-1dt-
lures as cu-ONnetS, yuur interests "a >,i3 c',in.
will become th@ properiy ofthc sui~l.i"v. Gnr'l
said section 232i. WILLIAM II. NA2iHINH.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

Notice to ThoraSC Paterson. y u0rr hrtr' 81
A'not lied that / have eXpended $1,000 N l%fJ!
md Improvement, on the Union Ntrt Quito
coInty, terri tory OF Dakuta in order - boa -, Isl
premises under the provisions OF ~t"t ra 2jLt Re
Yi-yd statute, of the jnilCd state ben" th,
gmouut roqu r,l 10 hold thrSane ior tue ycai
1882 and Il " thii 30 days &flcr 80, ;cIicr -:
publication yOu fail or refuse to c.GtrihDtv sour
proportion Of such expenditure a. cy'nNutr.
,our interest IN said ella III viii hcrraI ~" poop
cIty OF the subscriber under said section 80.
HFNEN \. ALGfkN
Dated Custer City, Dakota, J-nlacy u, Iao3.
l9t,3
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

Clerk ofCourt-X. : Burke.
Commissioners--A. i. Smith, Geo II. CLARK ano
Geo. &. Boiand.
Sheriff.. 4. Code.
Register of Deeds--E. II. Flynn.
Treasurer. RI. Rickert.
Assessor--W. J. Tlornby.
Judge of Pr,Ibate--J. L. Thompson.
Survey or-Frank Brewer.
Coroncr-C. w. Hitchcock
Jupt. of Pub. Instruction--J. I. Bliss.
Justices ofthc Peace-J. VI. Lewis, Custer w.
q. Cooch, Kidville: Denis Mcclure, Junction
Citv A. ri. Arnold. Battle River.
Constables--Wm Quinn, Custer; T.. \. Parsons,
Buffalo Gap &. VI. Jolley. Battle River.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
PILES! PILES! PILES!
A Sure Curo Fonnd at Last No
Gao Need SuE.r!

4 sure Cure for Blind, Bleeding. ltch-
ing and liberated Piles has been diecuN-
erred by lDr. Williams. IAN indian RENE
dr.t called Dr. Williams Indian Oin'-
mcnt. \ single boN has cured the yprst
cnrpalr cu.t, of - Or 30 years ~st"ndlrG.
So oic ncc'l suffer iitc m!nutes ;frr
Hn1linG th;S wonderful >orth,ng lu-0-
cine Lotions instruments a"d cit'tn--
RE. ~ more Marin than good. W!il!tu.-
Ointment ~a',,urho the lUlnur-, aijaN~ II g
intense itching, particularly At ni'I,;
ai,cr getting warm in BET. act. y~ y
pouitice. gives instant ana painless re-
lief and is prepared only Tor Pile, i'rh-
in@ Of the private parts, AMI for nothing
else.
Read what the Hon. j. u Cotliuherrv
Of Cleveland saws about Nr. Willian2's
Indian liic Ointment: | have uset
scores of Pie Cures, and it affords IL"
pleasure TO say that | have ncYcr found
ANYTHING winch gave such immediate
and perunarrlt rcticf 10 Dr. Williams
indian Ointment.
For sale by @ll druggists or mriled ON
receipt Of price. $l.@n.
HENRY Il CO, Prop'rs.
~ NeScV -. Nv Work.
MOVES BROS. & CCTL~3,
81. PAUL, MINI.
Wholesale Agents.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
NOTICE For rUSLlcATION.
LAHp OFFICE At DEApwoop. D.. T

LAND OFFICE At |IEAbNooh, u. l. !
Fol- uary 18Th 1889. J
Notice is hereby given that the folioWing-naiu
ed ~.eltivt has fled notice Vibis intgn,in}, 10 Hitk1
final proof in support of his ella IN, aud thai said
proof viii be made before the REGISTER and Re
cciver AT DeadWoo0, u. I, on Wednesday April :
1855. viz: William L. Gcfmond II. :. No 1888 fol
- or So qr see II, SW qrsW qr sec T., NV qr NV ~
see Is. ne or n" ar sec II, ~ : = range ) e, h II VI
lie names the following Witnesses 10 Prove hN
continuous residence upon. aud cutivatloa @"
said land. VIZ: John Wells, Joseph Ptty. Fra "a
Callahan ana A. s. Stewart all Of Minnckala DIT.
2jt6 J. L, USE Register
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT pEtpWoo,, 4. r
February 10Th, 1883. I
Notice j. hrrcy given that the follow inL-num
ed settler hes fled notice of his intention g.
make final proof in support of his claim, ana
thai said proof will be made before the Register
and Receive! at Dpadwood, y. I. on Tuesday,
March 10th. 1853, viz: Frank T Allabough. y. :
No l1S6 iog the " hfsW or Sc or " qr section -
up range 1eD II NJ. He names the follow
ing witnesses TO prove his continuous residence
upou ana cultivation OF. said land. V 4. Ed"il
= ~DunWuoiN, Jn,oPaino II Dun"uodv, joel DoalI
ana John Dennis, Cirtcr ity, d. +.
1it5 }, l.. LCSE Register.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
TERRfTDRTfL OFFICERS.

oovernor-N. q. Ordway.S
Secretary george II. Hand.
Chief Justice-A. J Edgerton.
Associate Justices-Gideon L. Moody, A. II.
Barnes and 7. r. Kidder.
Il 3. Attorney-Hugh J. Campbell.
U. $. Marshal-John y. Raymond.
\. Surveyor General--Cortcs FeSsenden.
De,cgate to Congress-R. +. Pettigrew.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
NOTICE FCa PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AZ DEADwooD, d. I
February I9rh. 1888.

LAND OFFICE AZ DEADWooD, ID. t.
February l9rh. 1883. !
Notice is hereby given that the following nam.
cd settler has fled notice OF his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made b fore the Reg
istcr and Receiver al praGWood, -. T., on We'd.
ucsday. April TIA. 1883. viz: Joseph Petty ID : No
1850 for the Sc qr sw ar see Is, sw or &c ar see l3,
" hf ne or see -, u IS range > q i III NJ. Io
names the following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon ana cultivation of, said
land viz. William I. Germond, \ 5 Stewart,
Frank Callahan and John Wells, all Of Minueka.
Ia. ID. i.
2]tj J.P. LCSF, Register
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

in the District Court OF the First JUGS IS! IT,
trict Of Dakota Territory, within ana fur Gus
terCounty. SIS.
William Fletcher)
vs. $SummOns;
Jane Fletcher,
The Territory Of Dakota sends greeting TO- tnc
Defendant above named,
You are hereby summoned and re luirot 70
answer the complaint of the above named palm
tiff, a copy of which rs herewith SerFta U'oH YOU
and TO serve a copy 81 your answer NJ u Inc sub
scriber Mt his Office in Custer Cltv. -. r. w!tniu
thirty days after the service Of tbs siirG.Gons "a
YOU exclusive Of THE day Of sucn service. ati If
you ia 50 to do within that tiHlc Tie plaintiff
will apply 20 the court for the rcliefdemanded IL
The complaint.
BUEL K. WOOD,
plaintiffs Attorney.
TO the defendants above named.
Please take notice that the complaint in this
action was fled in the Office OF the clerk of the
District Court i'm and for Custer county. u. r.. q!
Custer City on the 29lh day of December. lSS1.
BUEL X. WOOD,
PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
County OFFICERS.

Register-Chas. NJ. webb, Deadwood.
Receiyer-E. r. Champlin, Deaiwood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
District OTI7cers.
T.. y Land OIfice

.Judge--Hon. G. C. Mdkdy.
- Attorney-A. w. Hastie.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
DAILY MORNING TRIBUNE,

she leading rrnua!Icnn ion nal northwest
al Chicago: ID 80 tN.n>, = pages; fall tPio-
gr, p!,ly service. in~i.p.ndrnt, AsSressive,
Nidt-awtkc
ONLN 65 CE.yf, A MONTH.
tkpiy to your lio. N trtcr, WHO ~ au-
;huriGcd 10 act ua oar asrut, 0r write d.
.ect.y to IkE 1kjftt - CO.,
Minneapolis. Aainn.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03
HOLDEN az STEVENS.

BR.ND-As above on any part Of the
animal. and under crop right EAR. Also
IAN and SAN.and SAN brands.
RASGE-Iiorsehead and Cheyenne
river.
REwARD-$lO0 vii! be paid toany per
son for the dctertior and conviction 81
any person for the killing or driving Of
the range cattle With The above brands.
\. 4. POWELL. foreman. Slate Station.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-03-03

IN Soy ~ uwrck made al home by the indus
" gtriou>. Fest Business nov before the
"a 4public. Capital not needed. We VIII
10 Gu>ttt YOU. Men. women. boys AL
sirlS wanted every Where Ia Nprk
Tor uS. Nov - thc bf'
lon can work IN SPARE time ONLY or give >"nr
whole timc 90 thc business. ior CWu liyr st
name and Ito tic work. No other business " III
pay you nclrly as wei. ~ one can inil to h''Gr
%uornou pay bN cugap!ngat once. Costly outHt
and terms free. Muuel maie fast, easily, Nn,
honorably, Address fEJE 4 Co., Augusta. hs'H-.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-09

NEW ESGLAND's STRENGTH IN THE
SENATE Since the death OF Sumner and
Wilson and the resignation Of Blaine. it
has been customary to comment on the
declining power and ability Of New Eng
lands delegation in the United States
Senate. and the opinion hes often been
expressed that the race of great men
which so long gave the six little states
councils of the nation wholly dispropor-
tionate to their size and population, has
perished at last. Possibly that is true to
certain degree, but it is a great mistake 10
supp Sc that New England no longer
retains its old superiority in the Senate.
Six of the twelve men who represent that
section are, in every particular save mere
voting power, more than equal to the
whole delegation from the late slave
states, and in the entire Senate not more
than a dozenflpeers of Elmunds, Frye.
Hswley. Aldrfch, Hoar and Hale can be
found. whether the comparison be made
on fame. ability or influence. Compare
the standing and reputation of Names
senators with those who speak for the
great state of New York. or place little
vermont's Edmuuds aud Morrill, beside
Wisconsin's Cameron and Sawyer, or
Tennessee's Harris and Jackson, and it
will be seen that Yankee brains have not
vet lost their brightness.
Nowhere is this moro readily admitted
than in the Senate itself The late presid-
ing officer was, it is true, from another
lection, but his selection was due simply
o the even balance Of the two great
paIties and his political neutrality. No
sooner did this anomalous state of affairs
end, and new election take place. than =
New Englander was made Mr.. Davis
successor, and It is well understood that
when the Senate meets next December,
Mr.. Edmunds will, in turn, give place to
Senator Anthony of Rhode Island. In
view of the deep seated geographical
prejudice which manifests itself in all
paris of our political system, it is re-
markable tribute to individual merit that
so high honors should be repeatedly paid
to representatives of the smallest and
the weakest Of sections As
long as the Senate continues to SO plainly
acknowledge the strength OF New Eugland's
loyal Yankees can afford to
laugh at doleful prophecies of the decline
and ruin of her intellectual powers
Cleveland Leader.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-09

To AMUsE THE CHILDREN. Here is
something which will give employment to
the children on 'ltvs sometimes dreaded
by quite loving mothers, when the schools
are out and the house is fall Of noise and
froics. Get some plaster Paris and water
and provide some moulds; these may be
borrowed from the kitchen-pudding
moulds. blanc mango moulds, scalloped
cake tins, and even plain bat prettily
shaped bowls. will any and all answer
every purpose. Now set the children at
work; let them mix the plaster and water
and fill the mouids. If any of the articles
they make are RI such size and shape thai
they can be hung on the wall, provide
some loop OF ribbon or Of braid, and wher
the mould is about half tul OF plaster lay
the end of the loop in and then pour more
plaster over it. When the plaster has
hardened the loop will be bound to De
securely fastened in, and capable of sus
tanning the weight OF the article. When
the plain bowl is used, or a deep plate, the
article moulded will resemble plaque
and can be decorated by pasting some
bright pictures or paint some designs
on it, and. by the way, | know Of nothing
that will SO happily occupy the some
times tedious hours of child's life when
he seems to have exhausted his resources,
than the employment of pant brush and
a few tubes Of paint. 1t may also be made
to conduce to his education in the matter
of color. and-for | would furnish him
with bottle of oil-he may learn to be
neat, to use his oil and paints without
soiling his hands or clothes or dropping
anything on the carpet. 1t is conceded
that it is mothers duty to bring up Ter
daughter TO be good wife. and so it
ought 10 be conceded that her son should
have some of the training which will
prove of estimable benefit to him as hus-
band, and one of the most wished for
virtues is that of neatness. This we may
surely teach our boys.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-09

LABELLING A Boston DUDE.-A prom
intnL member OF the band of guided
youths of which this city is so Justly proud
is in Il high state OF excitement, and With
difficulty held back by his friends from
making personal assault upon his jew
eler, who, he conceives, has been putting
uDa job" on him. The facts, as gained
during his lucid intervals, are these: He
is much addicted to attending the dra-
malic performances which occur in this
city, his specially being in steadily
observing the female chorus in comic
opera, and the sJlphe. of the corps de
ballet in their ingenious gyrations Il
struck him that it would be good notion
to wear scarf pin suggestive of his love
for the lyric stage, and accordingly inter
viewed his jeweler upon this momentous
subject. The artiticer in precious metals
was prompt TO meet the demands of the
occasion, and in due time presented his
customer with neat design, consisting of
a bar Of music delicately fashioned in
gold, with the treble clef in black enamel.
and two notes in diamonds reposing be-
tween the third and fourth lines from the
bottom. The customer, whose only kuowl.
edge of music was as it suggested the
accompanying incident of female singers,
highly approved this work of art, pur,
chased it, and stuck it in his scarf and
went down to the ma inee. After the
performance he displayed his new posses
sion TO the ladies, who admired it much
At last he showed it to the prettiest and
brightest one of all, who Immediately
exclaimed, How very neat and appropri-
ate" DO you think SOP" Inquired the
delighted youth. Certainly, l do. and
those beautiful diamond notes they tit you
so well. Do, do-that makes dodo, you
see. How ingenious and how very true!
and she tripped away, amid he loud
Laughter of all the assembly, And,
although the jeweler swears By the golden
calf that he IS quite innocent in the mat.
ter, he has thus far failed to make his
customer believe it.-Bost9H Journal.