The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-28

Bleached mouse Is the latest favorite
shade this will probably be followed by
the rat tan.
A cyclone indicator is loudly called
for. One for family use would sell
quite readily.
Gaiety is not proof that the heart is
at ca Sc, for often in the midst of laugh
ter the heart is sad,
An outsider refers to the failure of
the New England leather firms as a f.
nancial distress in the upper" circles.
He deserves a welt for that.
About the most amusing thing we
know of is to watch a bald-headed man
with a wig try to scratch his head in
church on Sunday morning.
General Tom Thumb was good at
heart, and always fair in a fight. If he
ever struck an opponent below the belt
it was because he could not reach above
1t.
Poor creatures !" exclaimed Mrs.
Gfosgrain, looking at the pictures Of
nude savage women; mo clothing OF
any kind l wonder what the poor
things have to talk about.
When the postage is reduced, 1t will
be a great encouragement 10 people to
write letters TO editors. But young
ladies will be as industrious in writing
crosswise to save postage, as they are
now.
will there he a hop tonight" asked
asummer sOjourner of another whohad
loved the stock market "not wisely but
too we'll" "Don't know about the hop,
but there will be a skip if l can get my
trunk out" was the reply.
"What remarkable nightgowns were
worn in the early days of England"
Jones remarked as he scrutinized the
armor. "Nightgown Pr exclaimed in
surprise. Certainly" SAID Jones, don't
you see they were only put on knights"
The queen, according to the London
Truth, has given the usual Indian shawl
to one of her m~aids-of-honor on her
marriage. We have more ulsters than
We require, and if her majesty has no
objection we will swop them off for the
remaining shawls.
Village carts are no longer mice" for
the common summer people have got
hold of them. Something must be
done for exclusives. If the populace
continues to crowd their sensitive ma
lures, they will be forced pretty o o to
drive around in circus wagons to avoid
vulgar imitation.
1t was a happy thought on the part
of VI government to purchase the Iel-
lowstone country and convert 1t into a
national park. 1t belongs to all the
people of the United States, the poor as
we'll as the rich, and all it costs for a
man living inside of civilization to go
there is a thousand dollars Or twO-and
perhaps his scalp,
What to him was love or hope ?
What to him was JOY or care? He
stepped on a plug of notified soap the
girl had left on the topmost stair, and
his feet flew out like wild, fierce wings.
and he struck each stair with a sound
like a drum. and the girl below with
the scrubbing things, laughed like u
tiend to see him come.
At a county convention in Georgia,
the clerk, with an envelope in hand.
stepped down to the edge of the plat
form and called out: Here is a dis
patch for Colonel" Just then a loco
motive whistle blew, drowning the
speakers voice. Instantly the congre-
cation rose unanimously and proceeded
in a body to the platform to receive the
dispatch.
A young lady IN Sheridan, Pa, was
walking in the woods, when she sud
denly felt q peculiar and painful SEN
sation around her waist, as if being
tightly pressed" 1t was not until she
had walked quite a little distance with
blushing cheeks and averted eyes, that
she discovered it was not a yOnng man,
but a black snake. And then she was
so mad that she screamed,
A Massachusetts man has invented
an arrangement for hotels which not
only calls a man at any given hour, but
which keeps him called until he gets
up. 1t may be a useful invention, but
what the travelling public wants is an
arrangement that will not only call a
man, but also shove him out of bed,
shave him and pay his hotel bill. The
inventor of such a continuance could
sell EN- for six dollars apiece,
The daughter of a fisherman at a sea-
shore town had a tiff with her lover be-
cause she would not allow him to name
bis new boat for her. "Why do you
stand out agip itY' asked her father.
SWELL" queried the girl, ado you think
it such a great compliment to hear
every few weeks that Matildy Slocum's
up for repairs. Matildy Slocum's in the
dock to be scraped, or that Matildy Slo-